How to Install and Uninstall cowsay Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "cowsay" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cowsay on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall cowsay on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: cowsay
Architecture: all
Version: 3.03+dfsg2-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tony Maillefaud
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 87
Depends: libtext-charwidth-perl, perl:any
Suggests: filters, cowsay-off
Filename: pool/universe/c/cowsay/cowsay_3.03+dfsg2-4_all.deb
Size: 17684
MD5sum: 6676ff281b414d5f138b3bd62850fd5e
SHA1: 0b9c9d0b85085c9629726e97aa7afca0cee9da81
SHA256: 87764846a56aa77501ffa0b45ba2db1d7b576d1f91c3cb1f878e181928919748
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
Description: configurable talking cow
Description-md5: c312f9ae79aed8150f991fcfa3df1a03