How to Install and Uninstall cowsay Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "cowsay" package

This guide let you learn how to install cowsay on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cowsay on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

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-en: 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: c312f9ae79aed8150f991fcfa3df1a03