How to Install and Uninstall cowsay Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "cowsay" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cowsay on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cowsay
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cowsay" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall cowsay on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cowsay
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cowsay package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: cowsay
Version: 3.03+dfsg2-6
Installed-Size: 90
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: libtext-charwidth-perl, perl:any
Suggests: filters, cowsay-off
Description: configurable talking cow
Description-md5: c312f9ae79aed8150f991fcfa3df1a03
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
Tag: game::toys, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
use::entertaining, works-with::text
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cowsay/cowsay_3.03+dfsg2-6_all.deb
Size: 20856
MD5sum: 01c0def3945d9669d45b624cab16cb43
SHA256: c6ec5818b71fc7881f85ecbdde35f404a8ae008759f52ba1aeedeb78671e34bf