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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "xcowsay" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install xcowsay on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall xcowsay on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: xcowsay
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Installed-Size: 167
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Zini
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xcowsay/xcowsay_1.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 69204
MD5sum: 2e07d06e4b3caa7d0680bde8361d5678
SHA1: 783b98842b46445d9a8aa0cd23f715546a9f4237
SHA256: f5d6a6b7e46cc87e31367e12f389983802631e7cc789b5ea4aa0ff6db659385b
Description-en: Graphical configurable talking cow
A graphical configurable talking cow. It's a GTK+ version of the
classic cowsay Perl script. It displays a cute pop-up cow on your
desktop with a speech bubble and some customizable text. There's
also a dream mode where the cow can display images. It comes
with a fortune(6) wrapper script, xcowfortune, which you can cron
to deliver periodic fortune cookies via the cow.
Description-md5: 955a850defebce834338a98b509b1d1f
Homepage: http://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu