How To Install games-chess on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-chess on Debian 12.
What is games-chess
games-chess is:
This metapackage will install chess games and helper tools.
There are three methods to install games-chess on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install games-chess Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install games-chess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install games-chess
Install games-chess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install games-chess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install games-chess
Install games-chess 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 games-chess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install games-chess
How To Uninstall games-chess on Debian 12
To uninstall only the games-chess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove games-chess
Uninstall games-chess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall games-chess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-chess
Remove games-chess Configurations and Data
To remove games-chess configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge games-chess
Remove games-chess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove games-chess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-chess
Dependencies
games-chess have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-chess package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.