How to Install and Uninstall xcowsay Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "xcowsay" package

This is a short guide on how to install xcowsay on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                xcowsay
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xcowsay" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xcowsay on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                xcowsay
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xcowsay package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package xcowsay:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : xcowsay
Version : 1.6-1.8
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 1.0 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : xcowsay-1.6-1.8.src
Upstream URL : https://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay/
Summary : Tool that displays a cow and message on the X11 desktop
Description :
xcowsay displays a cow and message on the X11 desktop.
Inspired by the original cowsay.
xcowsay includes all these amazing features:
- Fully configurable.
- Calculates display time from amount of text
- Dream mode — display images in the bubble
- Can draw thought and speech bubbles
- Daemon mode. Send your cow messages over DBus.
- Three different sized cows provided
- fortune(6) wrapper program - (unavailable temporarily)
- Replace the naffness that is xmessage(1)
- Should work with any window manager
- Supports UTF-8 characters properly
- Automatic word wrapping
- Use alternative non-cow images if you like