How To Install xcowsay 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 xcowsay on Ubuntu.

What is `xcowsay`

xcowsay is:

A GTK+ version of the classic cowsay Perl script. It displays a cute pop-up cow on your desktop with a speech bubble and some customizable text. There’s also a dream mode where the cow can display images. It comes with a fortune(6) wrapper script, xcowfortune, which you can cron to deliver periodic fortune cookies via the cow.

There are three methods to install xcowsay 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 xcowsay Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xcowsay using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xcowsay

Install xcowsay Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xcowsay using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xcowsay

Install xcowsay 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 xcowsay using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xcowsay

How To Uninstall xcowsay on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xcowsay package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xcowsay

Uninstall xcowsay And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xcowsay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xcowsay

Remove xcowsay Configurations and Data

To remove xcowsay configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xcowsay

Remove xcowsay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xcowsay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xcowsay

Dependencies

xcowsay have the following dependencies:

References

xcowsay website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xcowsay package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.