How To Install gaviotatb on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gaviotatb on Debian 10.
What is gaviotatb
gaviotatb is:
Gaviota is a chess engine. Gaviota generates and uses its own Endgame Tablebases (EGTBs) with its own format. It contains “distance to mate” information, which is how many moves are needed to mate the opponent, or to be mated. This package provides the pre-generated Gaviota endgame tablebases.
There are three methods to install gaviotatb on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gaviotatb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gaviotatb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gaviotatb
Install gaviotatb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gaviotatb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gaviotatb
Install gaviotatb 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 gaviotatb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gaviotatb
How To Uninstall gaviotatb on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gaviotatb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gaviotatb
Uninstall gaviotatb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gaviotatb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gaviotatb
Remove gaviotatb Configurations and Data
To remove gaviotatb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gaviotatb
Remove gaviotatb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gaviotatb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gaviotatb
Dependencies
gaviotatb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gaviotatb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.