How to Install and Uninstall cowsay Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "cowsay" package

This is a short guide on how to install cowsay on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall cowsay on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: cowsay
Architecture: all
Version: 3.03+dfsg2-8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: James McDonald
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 91
Depends: libtext-charwidth-perl, perl:any
Suggests: filters, cowsay-off
Filename: pool/universe/c/cowsay/cowsay_3.03+dfsg2-8_all.deb
Size: 18572
MD5sum: e84358678d6dca3eded8ba115f247f70
SHA1: cf484c18c86c466740f962d3578b5f1d19db95c1
SHA256: ab05b5657bff9579e1f420fa3c20c3e1d3d229236209b9cf55238bd55916bd35
SHA512: 8e5418e0db9b3fdd61aa7c5ed1f6d51370a5749927281d0987bbbb46958abaf1c6c5fc3ca763325f81350fb621625c8133461b87d68e27114450549bc39f4991
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
Description: configurable talking cow
Description-md5: c312f9ae79aed8150f991fcfa3df1a03