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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "cowsay-off" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cowsay-off on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall cowsay-off on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cowsay-off
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cowsay-off package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cowsay-off
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Installed-Size: 19
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tony Maillefaud
Architecture: all
Source: cowsay
Version: 3.03+dfsg1-15
Replaces: cowsay (<< 3.03+dfsg1-13)
Depends: cowsay (>= 3.03+dfsg1-13)
Breaks: cowsay (<< 3.03+dfsg1-13)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cowsay/cowsay-off_3.03+dfsg1-15_all.deb
Size: 3640
MD5sum: 15bbb3fed79f7f056190ab1d06bd6f40
SHA1: 6019c0b18ca7891ff5f6c71d24a0507de03b15c3
SHA256: 26fac336856287630aa4b3f47e62932bcdad77df775d22e46877f8d76c4152c6
Description-en: configurable talking cow (offensive cows)
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).
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This package contains cows witch some may consider to be offensive.
Please do not install this package if you or your users are easily offended.
Description-md5: 5d2b5121b51d56ece3d740fd3894ffa6
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu