How to Install and Uninstall cowsay Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cowsay on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cowsay" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install cowsay on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cowsay on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cowsay package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cowsay
Version: 3.03+dfsg2-8
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: James McDonald
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+dfsg2-8_all.deb
Size: 21372
MD5sum: 331cb863a7eaa69ce36747153a64116f
SHA256: 5b16f90ff97871aa0f442087abc1878940d00e310f74190ba854a097545204bf