How to Install and Uninstall fortunes-spam Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "fortunes-spam" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fortunes-spam" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fortunes-spam on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 fortunes-spam package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fortunes-spam
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Installed-Size: 355
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Danilo Piazzalunga
Architecture: all
Version: 1.8-0ubuntu1
Provides: fortune-cookie-db
Depends: fortune-mod (>= 9708-25)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fortunes-spam/fortunes-spam_1.8-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 118856
MD5sum: 297235c20c0c88d2db9305c1866f99cf
SHA1: 20b0c291850dd0656e0b74f1cb998502c654d444
SHA256: 148a6222e388c4166c580091677bdc67a0c1082835a0612c41e0572d18e9ccb9
Description-en: fortunes taken from SPAM messages
This package contains fortunes taken from subjects and bodies
of SPAM messages (mails, newsgroup posts, etc.); they are not
edited, except when lines were longer than 72 chars.
Description-md5: 4e0385368b9c07c8f74dff9250256605
Homepage: http://www.mimante.net/soft/fortunes-spam/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu