How To Install toga2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install toga2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. toga2 is computer chess engine, calculates chess moves

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install toga2 on Debian 12.

What is toga2

toga2 is:

Toga II is a computer game chess engine created by Thomas Gaksch. It has big chess knowledge, multi-processor support, and a good search algorithm. It is based on Fruit and is free. Experimental versions of Toga II running on computer clusters have competed in the World Computer Chess Championship.

There are three methods to install toga2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install toga2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install toga2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install toga2

Install toga2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install toga2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install toga2

Install toga2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install toga2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install toga2

How To Uninstall toga2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the toga2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove toga2

Uninstall toga2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall toga2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove toga2

Remove toga2 Configurations and Data

To remove toga2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge toga2

Remove toga2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove toga2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge toga2

Dependencies

toga2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install toga2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.