How To Install fathom on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fathom
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fathom
fathom is:
Fathom is a stand-alone Syzygy tablebase probing tool.
The aims of Fathom are:
- To make it easy to integrate the Syzygy tablebases into existing chess engines.
- To make it easy to create stand-alone applications that use the Syzygy tablebases.
This package contains the command-line tool.
There are three methods to install fathom
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fathom Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fathom
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fathom
Install fathom Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fathom
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fathom
Install fathom 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fathom
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fathom
How To Uninstall fathom on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fathom
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fathom
Uninstall fathom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fathom
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fathom
Remove fathom Configurations and Data
To remove fathom
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fathom
Remove fathom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fathom
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fathom
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fathom
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.