How To Install gnuchess-book on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuchess-book on Debian 12.
What is gnuchess-book
gnuchess-book is:
This is the opening book for gnuchess. It was formerly distributed together with gnuchess, now it has been separated due to size and architecture-independence. It is recommended that you install it if you want to use gnuchess.
There are three methods to install gnuchess-book 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 gnuchess-book Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuchess-book using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnuchess-book
Install gnuchess-book Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuchess-book using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnuchess-book
Install gnuchess-book 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 gnuchess-book using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnuchess-book
How To Uninstall gnuchess-book on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnuchess-book package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnuchess-book
Uninstall gnuchess-book And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnuchess-book and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnuchess-book
Remove gnuchess-book Configurations and Data
To remove gnuchess-book configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnuchess-book
Remove gnuchess-book configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnuchess-book configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnuchess-book
Dependencies
gnuchess-book have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuchess-book package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
