How To Install sjeng on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sjeng on Kali Linux.

What is sjeng

sjeng is:

Sjeng is a chess program that plays normal chess and many variants like crazyhouse, bughouse, suicide (aka giveaway or anti-chess) and losers. It can also play variants which have the same rules as normal chess, but a different starting position. It uses the XBoard/WinBoard interface by Tim Mann, so it can be used with xboard or eboard. It is also capable of playing on internet chess servers.

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

Install sjeng Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sjeng

Install sjeng Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sjeng

Install sjeng Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install sjeng

How To Uninstall sjeng on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sjeng

Uninstall sjeng And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sjeng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sjeng

Remove sjeng Configurations and Data

To remove sjeng configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sjeng

Remove sjeng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sjeng

Dependencies

sjeng have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgdbm6

References

• sjeng website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sjeng package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.