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

Last updated: February 16,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fortunes" package

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


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

Learn how to uninstall fortunes 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 fortunes package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fortunes
Source: fortune-mod
Version: 1:1.99.1-7.3
Installed-Size: 2596
Maintainer: Andrea Colangelo
Architecture: all
Provides: fortune-cookie-db
Depends: fortunes-min
Recommends: fortune-mod (>= 9708-12)
Description: Data files containing fortune cookies
Description-md5: 0968b0a1488030ccf0daaabf21c179ab
Tag: game::toys, interface::commandline, role::data, role::program,
use::gameplaying, use::viewing, works-with::text
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fortune-mod/fortunes_1.99.1-7.3_all.deb
Size: 848988
MD5sum: 9ccec1f59f75c794dceaa157f931ea3f
SHA256: 41d0551dc0ff52f875a2ecef7c39da2f672ab468c37e170119f7e0245a9d63c5