How To Install texlive-games on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-games on Ubuntu 18.04. texlive-games is TeX Live

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-games on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is texlive-games

texlive-games is:

Setups for typesetting various games, including chess.

This package includes the following CTAN packages:

bartel-chess-fonts – A set of fonts supporting chess diagrams

chess – Fonts for typesetting chess boards

chess-problem-diagrams – A package for typesetting chess problem diagrams

chessboard – Print chess boards

chessfss – A package to handle chess fonts

crossword – Typeset crossword puzzles

crosswrd – Macros for typesetting crossword puzzles

egameps – LaTeX package for typesetting extensive games

gamebook – Typeset gamebooks and other interactive novels

go – Fonts and macros for typesetting go games

hanoi – Tower of Hanoi in TeX

havannah – Diagrams of board positions in the games of Havannah and Hex

hexgame – Provide an environment to draw a hexgame-board

horoscop – Generate astrological charts in LaTeX

labyrinth – Draw labyrinths and solution paths

logicpuzzle – Typeset (grid-based) logic puzzles

othello – Modification of a Go package to create othello boards

othelloboard – Typeset Othello (Reversi) diagrams of any size, with annotations

pas-crosswords – Creating crossword grids, using TikZ

psgo – Typeset go diagrams with PSTricks

reverxii – Playing Reversi in TeX

rubik – Document Rubik cube configurations and rotation sequences

schwalbe-chess – Typeset the German chess magazine “Die Schwalbe”

sgame – LaTeX style for typesetting strategic games

skak – Fonts and macros for typesetting chess games

skaknew – The skak chess fonts redone in Adobe Type 1

soup – Generate alphabet soup puzzles

sudoku – Create sudoku grids

sudokubundle – A set of sudoku-related packages

xq – Support for writing about xiangqi

xskak – An extension to the skak package for chess typesetting

There are three methods to install texlive-games 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 texlive-games Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install texlive-games

Install texlive-games Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install texlive-games

Install texlive-games 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 texlive-games using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install texlive-games

How To Uninstall texlive-games on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the texlive-games package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove texlive-games

Uninstall texlive-games And Its Dependencies

To uninstall texlive-games and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-games

Remove texlive-games Configurations and Data

To remove texlive-games configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-games

Remove texlive-games configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-games

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-games package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.