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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xcowsay" package

This guide let you learn how to install xcowsay on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xcowsay 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 xcowsay package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xcowsay
Version: 1.6-1
Installed-Size: 143
Maintainer: Samuel Henrique
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), fortune-mod
Description: Graphical configurable talking cow
Description-md5: 5ad476649702edef6f6e576dd48dce12
Homepage: http://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay/
Tag: game::toys, implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, uitoolkit::gtk, use::entertaining
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xcowsay/xcowsay_1.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 73836
MD5sum: af5c3e504d4ce1c0aef72bfd64b0d774
SHA256: 71ab3bb9dff7efff6b1e8cb0a7daeb8b13900f04bb411b55692a88da28d80b2d