How To Install uci2wb on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install uci2wb on Kali Linux. uci2wb is protocol adapter between XBoard/CECP and UCI/USI/UCCI engines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uci2wb on Kali Linux.

What is uci2wb

uci2wb is:

This adapter allows a GUI using the Chess Engine Control Protocol (aka. CECP, or XBoard protocol) to communicate with computer players using USI (Universal Shogi Interface) or UCCI (Universal Chinese Chess Interface) protocols.

It also support the UCI (Universal Chess Interface) protocol, but for this one the “polyglot” package is a recommended alternative from the same author.

There are three methods to install uci2wb 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 uci2wb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install uci2wb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install uci2wb

Install uci2wb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install uci2wb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install uci2wb

Install uci2wb 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 uci2wb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uci2wb

How To Uninstall uci2wb on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the uci2wb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uci2wb

Uninstall uci2wb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall uci2wb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uci2wb

Remove uci2wb Configurations and Data

To remove uci2wb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uci2wb

Remove uci2wb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove uci2wb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uci2wb

Dependencies

uci2wb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uci2wb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.