How To Install tfortunes 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 tfortunes on Ubuntu.
What is tfortunes
tfortunes is:
This provides a small set of tagged epigrams for tfortune. These are only used if no personal epigrams are found in the per-user epigram directory.
All epigrams are in English language and are considered non-offensive. They were mostly selected from public mailing lists.
There are three methods to install tfortunes 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 tfortunes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tfortunes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tfortunes
Install tfortunes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tfortunes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tfortunes
Install tfortunes 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 tfortunes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tfortunes
How To Uninstall tfortunes on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tfortunes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tfortunes
Uninstall tfortunes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tfortunes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tfortunes
Remove tfortunes Configurations and Data
To remove tfortunes configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tfortunes
Remove tfortunes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tfortunes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tfortunes
Dependencies
tfortunes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tfortunes package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.