How to Install and Uninstall xcowsay Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "xcowsay" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install xcowsay on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xcowsay on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xcowsay
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xcowsay package on Kali Linux

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
Size: 73836
SHA256: 71ab3bb9dff7efff6b1e8cb0a7daeb8b13900f04bb411b55692a88da28d80b2d
SHA1: 4470a2287111ad39c55c4cb9694b6798ee3a1e0d
MD5sum: af5c3e504d4ce1c0aef72bfd64b0d774
Description: Graphical configurable talking cow
A GTK+ version of the classic cowsay Perl script. It displays a cute
pop-up cow on your desktop with a speech bubble and some customizable
text. There's also a dream mode where the cow can display images. It
comes with a fortune(6) wrapper script, xcowfortune, which you can
cron to deliver periodic fortune cookies via the cow.
Description-md5:
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