How To Install pidgin-gmchess on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-gmchess on Debian 9.
What is pidgin-gmchess
pidgin-gmchess is:
pidgin-gmchess is a plugin for pidgin which provides integration with gmchess.
It enables players of gmchess play Chinese chess (Xiangqi) over the Internet with pidgin.
There are three methods to install pidgin-gmchess 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 pidgin-gmchess Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-gmchess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-gmchess
Install pidgin-gmchess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-gmchess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-gmchess
Install pidgin-gmchess 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 pidgin-gmchess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-gmchess
How To Uninstall pidgin-gmchess on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pidgin-gmchess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-gmchess
Uninstall pidgin-gmchess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-gmchess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-gmchess
Remove pidgin-gmchess Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-gmchess configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-gmchess
Remove pidgin-gmchess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-gmchess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-gmchess
Dependencies
pidgin-gmchess have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango1.0-0
- libpurple0
- gmchess
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-gmchess package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
