How to Install cowsay software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install cowsay software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

cowsay software package provides configurable talking cow, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cowsay 

cowsay is installed in your system.

Make ensure the cowsay package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cowsay *

You will get with cowsay package name, version, architecture and description in a table

cowsay package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Games
Package cowsay
Version 3.03+dfsg1-16
Description configurable talking cow
Sub Section Games


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cowsay software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?