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		<author><name><![CDATA[Carlin0]]></name></author>
		<updated>2026-04-07T08:27:52-04:00</updated>

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Every now and then the issue comes up again, and I have to kill and restart the bot<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="https://forum.eggheads.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=12778">Carlin0</a> — Tue Apr 07, 2026 8:27 am</p><hr />
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		<author><name><![CDATA[Carlin0]]></name></author>
		<updated>2025-12-01T15:23:20-04:00</updated>

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<blockquote class="uncited"><div>Hello,<br>The (debian) host you are running on, does not have the fortune package installed<br><br>See <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/fortune" class="postlink">https://wiki.debian.org/fortune</a><br><br>Best regards,<br>nml375</div></blockquote>What are you saying?<div class="codebox"><p>Code: </p><pre><code>dpkg -l | grep fortuneii  fortune-mod                     1:1.99.1-9                           amd64        provides fortune cookies on demandii  fortunes-it                     2.16-2                               all          Data files containing Italian fortune cookiesii  fortunes-it-brianza             2.16-2                               all          Data files containing Brianza fortune cookiesii  fortunes-it-off                 1.99-4.1                             all          Data files containing Italian fortune cookies, offensive section</code></pre></div>EDIT: I simply restarted the bot and now it works...mystery<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="https://forum.eggheads.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=12778">Carlin0</a> — Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:23 pm</p><hr />
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		<author><name><![CDATA[nml375]]></name></author>
		<updated>2025-12-01T14:09:40-04:00</updated>

		<published>2025-12-01T14:09:40-04:00</published>
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Hello,<br>The (debian) host you are running on, does not have the fortune package installed<br><br>See <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/fortune" class="postlink">https://wiki.debian.org/fortune</a><br><br>Best regards,<br>nml375<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="https://forum.eggheads.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=8052">nml375</a> — Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:09 pm</p><hr />
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		<author><name><![CDATA[Carlin0]]></name></author>
		<updated>2026-04-07T08:23:13-04:00</updated>

		<published>2025-12-01T09:58:13-04:00</published>
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It works on Ubuntu 22.04 but not on Debian 13<br><br>Script<br><div class="codebox"><p>Code: </p><pre><code># Fortune Interface#   by BarkerJr &lt;http://barkerjr.net&gt;catch Fortune::uninstallnamespace eval Fortune {##### SETTING ###### Uncomments (remove the # from) the following set commands if you wish to# change the defaults.# Set this to what you wish to profex the command with ("" for none)set cmdchar "!"# [0/1] send via NOTICE (1=notice, 0=privmsg)set notice 0##### THE SCRIPT #####if {[info exists notice]} {  if {($notice != 0) &amp;&amp; ($notice != 1)} {    set notice 0    putlog "WARNING: Fortune::notice must be 0 or 1\            (setting to default of $notice)"  }} else { set notice 0 }if {![info exists cmdchar]} { set cmdchar {!} }bind pub - ${cmdchar}fortune Fortune::doitproc doit {nick uhost hand chan arg} {  variable notice  switch -- $arg {    {a} {set fortune {-a}}    {c} {set fortune {-c}}    {o} {set fortune {-o}}    default {set fortune {}}  }  regsub -all \t [split [exec {fortune} $fortune] \n] {     } fortune  if {$notice} { set way {NOTICE} } else { set way {PRIVMSG} }  foreach line $fortune { puthelp "$way $chan :$line" }  return 1}bind evnt - prerehash Fortune::uninstallproc uninstall {args} {  variable cmdchar  catch "unbind pub - ${cmdchar}fortune Fortune::doit"  global cmdchar  catch "unbind pub - ${cmdchar}fortune Fortune::doit"  unbind evnt - prerehash Fortune::uninstall  namespace delete ::Fortune}}</code></pre></div>Error<br><div class="codebox"><p>Code: </p><pre><code>[14:46:10] Tcl error [Fortune::doit]: couldn't execute "fortune": no such file or directory.set errorInfo[14:46:27] #Carlin0# set errorInfoCurrently: couldn't execute "fortune": no such file or directoryCurrently:     while executingCurrently: "exec {fortune} $fortune"Currently:     (procedure "Fortune::doit" line 9)Currently:     invoked from withinCurrently: "Fortune::doit $_pub1 $_pub2 $_pub3 $_pub4 $_pub5"</code></pre></div>Thanks in advance<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="https://forum.eggheads.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=12778">Carlin0</a> — Mon Dec 01, 2025 9:58 am</p><hr />
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