How To Install fairymax on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fairymax on Debian 9. fairymax is xboard compatible chess and chess-variant engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fairymax on Debian 9.

What is fairymax

fairymax is:

Fairymax is a program that plays chess and chess variants. It uses the xboard/winboard chess-engine protocol to communicate. Apart from ‘regular’ chess (also known as the Mad-Queen variant), it can play Capablanca chess, gothic chess, knightmate, cylinder chess, berolina chess, superchess and courier chess.

There are three methods to install fairymax on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fairymax Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fairymax using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fairymax

Install fairymax Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fairymax using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fairymax

Install fairymax Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fairymax using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fairymax

How To Uninstall fairymax on Debian 9

To uninstall only the fairymax package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fairymax

Uninstall fairymax And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fairymax and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fairymax

Remove fairymax Configurations and Data

To remove fairymax configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fairymax

Remove fairymax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fairymax configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fairymax

Dependencies

fairymax have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fairymax package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.