How To Install libfathom1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfathom1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfathom1
libfathom1 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.
There are three methods to install libfathom1
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 libfathom1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfathom1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfathom1
Install libfathom1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfathom1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfathom1
Install libfathom1 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 libfathom1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfathom1
How To Uninstall libfathom1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfathom1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfathom1
Uninstall libfathom1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfathom1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfathom1
Remove libfathom1 Configurations and Data
To remove libfathom1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfathom1
Remove libfathom1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfathom1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfathom1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfathom1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.