How To Install gnubg on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubg on Debian 10.
What is gnubg
gnubg is:
GNU Backgammon is a strong backgammon program (world-class with a bearoff database installed) usable either as an engine by other programs or as a standalone backgammon game. In addition to supporting simple play, it also has extensive analysis features, a tutor mode, adjustable difficulty, and support for exporting annotated games. It can be played either from a GTK+ graphical interface, optionally with a 3D board, or from a simple text console.
There are three methods to install gnubg 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 gnubg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnubg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnubg
Install gnubg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnubg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnubg
Install gnubg 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 gnubg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnubg
How To Uninstall gnubg on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gnubg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnubg
Uninstall gnubg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnubg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnubg
Remove gnubg Configurations and Data
To remove gnubg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnubg
Remove gnubg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnubg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnubg
Dependencies
gnubg have the following dependencies:
- gnubg-data
- debconf
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcanberra-gtk0
- libcanberra0
- libcurl4
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgl1
- libglib2.0-0
- libglu1-mesa
- libgmp10
- libgtk2.0-0
- libgtkglext1
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpng16-16
- libpython2.7
- libreadline7
- libsqlite3-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.