How to Install and Uninstall cowsay Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 07,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cowsay on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "cowsay" package

This guide let you learn how to install cowsay on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Learn how to uninstall cowsay on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cowsay package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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