How to Install and Uninstall cowsay Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "cowsay" package

Please follow the guidance below to install cowsay on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall cowsay on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

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
Size: 21372
SHA256: 5b16f90ff97871aa0f442087abc1878940d00e310f74190ba854a097545204bf
SHA1: 14875c576c32b6a8e98102ba8072691997dd69c4
MD5sum: 331cb863a7eaa69ce36747153a64116f
Description: configurable talking cow
Cowsay (or cowthink) will turn text into happy ASCII cows, with
speech (or thought) balloons. If you don't like cows, ASCII art is
available to replace it with some other creatures (Tux, the BSD
daemon, dragons, and a plethora of animals, from a turkey to
an elephant in a snake).
Description-md5:
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