How to Install and Uninstall cowsay Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "cowsay" package

This tutorial shows how to install cowsay on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall cowsay on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cowsay
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Installed-Size: 90
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tony Maillefaud
Architecture: all
Version: 3.03+dfsg1-15
Depends: libtext-charwidth-perl, perl
Recommends: cowsay-off
Suggests: filters
Filename: pool/universe/c/cowsay/cowsay_3.03+dfsg1-15_all.deb
Size: 18034
MD5sum: 21508dc1c549b585bb9784fb8dcb9c56
SHA1: 2a3aa174bcda87bddb789c87c85cb69160d6f44a
SHA256: 1813ea0b7822100aedf7c0913524d49b991ebc3e7271cecdbb350531836a3422
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
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu