Howto: Remove Fortune messages in the Terminal

[clem]

- open a terminal
- type "gksu gedit /etc/bash.bashrc"
- in the end of the file, remove the line /usr/games/fortune
- save the file.

Clem

[Iain]

Thanks!

[JohnH]

I also thank you.
John

[mumbo719]

While you have the terminal open remove the fortune program.

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sudo apt-get remove fortune

[will]

Went to remove the Fortune messages.... opened a terminal and got:

"Cheer Up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate."

Couldn't do it!... just had to keep them

-Will

[Sanchopinky]

What kind of ruthless animal would want them gone?

I personally love 'em!

[accel]

Just put a # in front of the line /usr/games/fortune
has the same effect.

[Sorensei]

What kind of ruthless animal would want them gone?

I personally love 'em!

Yeah... me too.
But we've had a sensitive few who'd felt offended... or simply annoyed. So it's better to provide a mean to remove them before someone blows a fuse (ugly, ugly, let me tell you)...

[kcirick]

While you have the terminal open remove the fortune program.

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sudo apt-get remove fortune

You would still have to edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file and remove the fortune line, otherwise you'll get an error message every time you open a new command line.

[sonofmoog]

If you're religiously inclined as I am, you can download and install the Verse package from the repositories. When you (#) comment out the fortune command, substitute

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verse

Now when you login to a shell, instead of a fortune, you'll get a Bible verse ..

[OnlyMe]

Okay, so I am late to this party but when I saw the How To topic here I just couldn't believe my eyes and simply had to read this thread. I love those fortunes.

Here is another example of Linux and choice! Gotta love it.

[wierdo124]

They're awesome!

[msuggs]

They're awesome!

Agreed, how can you go past gems like this

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( You are confused; but this is your )
( normal state. )
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[fredbird67]

SonOfMoog, from one Christian to another, thanks for the tip about replacing fortunes with a Bible verse.

Don't get me wrong here, I love a good laugh, but I did run across a fortune once that offended me, and in fact, I went back to straight Ubuntu for a while because of it, that's how much it offended me. As a married man, it offended me greatly when one day I saw a message saying "you will be divorced within a year". That deeply offended me, because it took me 35 years to find the lady who is now my wife, and by golly, I intend to keep her as long as we both shall live.

Here while back, I ran across where one can stop the fortunes from appearing, and I have heard of the "Verse" program, but I had never put two and two together like you did, with replacing the fortunes with a Bible verse. I currently use Ubuntu 9.04, but when Mint 8 comes out in about a month or so, I plan to return to that, and that's one of the first things I'll be doing with my Mint installation when that time comes. Thanx for the tip!

[Aevum]

What kind of ruthless animal would want them gone?

I personally love 'em!

I got kind of surprised when, after installing Mint (I used to have Ubuntu) I discovered those animals in there in the terminal, but I do personally love 'em as well, also because Mark Twain is one of my favorite writers and also Shakespeare is, so.. mix it with some fortune telling quotations and.. I just love 'em!

[Husse]

And they are not really Mint specials as I think they are there in a normal bash - only waiting to be activated

[Aevum]

And they are not really Mint specials as I think they are there in a normal bash - only waiting to be activated

Cool! This means I'm gonna run them on my Ubuntu partition as well

[ibm450]

- open a terminal
- type "gksu gedit /etc/bash.bashrc"
- in the end of the file, remove the line /usr/games/fortune
- save the file.

Clem

-o0o-

excellent - the fortune messages were starting to give me the *****

[Mintylamb]

Could you please respect each others opinions?

[Husse]

I don't find any disrespect in this topic - different opinions, yes - disrespect no ... but I may have overlooked something