How To Install sjeng on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sjeng on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 sjeng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sjeng
How To Uninstall sjeng on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sjeng
Remove sjeng Configurations and Data
To remove sjeng configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sjeng package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
