How To Install libfathom-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfathom-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfathom-dev
libfathom-dev is:
Fathom is a stand-alone Syzygy tablebase probing tool.
The aims of Fathom are:
- To make it easy to integrate the Syzygy tablebases into existing chess engines.
- To make it easy to create stand-alone applications that use the Syzygy tablebases.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libfathom-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfathom-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfathom-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfathom-dev
Install libfathom-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfathom-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfathom-dev
Install libfathom-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libfathom-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfathom-dev
How To Uninstall libfathom-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfathom-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfathom-dev
Uninstall libfathom-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfathom-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfathom-dev
Remove libfathom-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfathom-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfathom-dev
Remove libfathom-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfathom-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfathom-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfathom-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.