How To Install fortune-mod on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortune-mod on Ubuntu.
What is fortune-mod
fortune-mod is:
The fortune program displays epigrams, known as fortune cookies, selected randomly from a selection of fortune files.
This package provides the fortune program itself and the programs used for generating the data files. The data files are contained in the fortunes-min, fortunes, and fortunes-off packages.
There are three methods to install fortune-mod on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fortune-mod Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fortune-mod using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fortune-mod
Install fortune-mod Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fortune-mod using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fortune-mod
Install fortune-mod Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fortune-mod using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fortune-mod
How To Uninstall fortune-mod on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fortune-mod package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fortune-mod
Uninstall fortune-mod And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fortune-mod and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortune-mod
Remove fortune-mod Configurations and Data
To remove fortune-mod configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fortune-mod
Remove fortune-mod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fortune-mod configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortune-mod
Dependencies
fortune-mod have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortune-mod package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.