How To Install gtkboard on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkboard on Debian 9. gtkboard is many board games in one program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkboard on Debian 9.

What is gtkboard

gtkboard is:

Gtkboard aims to provide a common platform for all board games. All games have a common interface. The first thing you do on starting gtkboard is to select a game from the menu. Currently 18 games are implemented. Of these, Antichess, Ataxx, Fifteen puzzle, Hiq, Memory, Othello, Pentaline, Plot4, Rgb and Samegame are fully implemented. Checkers, Infiltrate, Hypermaze, Mastermind, Maze, and Tetris are partially implemented but playable. Chess, and Pacman are partially implemented and currently unplayable. Some are single player and some are two player games.

There are three methods to install gtkboard on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gtkboard Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gtkboard using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gtkboard

Install gtkboard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gtkboard using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gtkboard

Install gtkboard 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 gtkboard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtkboard

How To Uninstall gtkboard on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gtkboard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtkboard

Uninstall gtkboard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gtkboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtkboard

Remove gtkboard Configurations and Data

To remove gtkboard configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtkboard

Remove gtkboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gtkboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtkboard

Dependencies

gtkboard have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkboard package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.