How To Install uligo on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install uligo on Ubuntu 18.04. uligo is tsumego (go problems) practice tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uligo on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is uligo

uligo is:

To get stronger at the game of go, it is essential to develop one’s reading ability. That is why professionals recommend study of life and death or tesuji (local offensive positions) problems. uliGo is a program that allows you to do that: the computer displays a problem, and asks for the answer. You enter the first move, the computer responds, and so on until you reach the final solution or enter a wrong move.

uliGo includes a stop clock, support for multiple solution paths, and random color selection and board rotation (to avoid rote memorization). It uses the standard SGF format for its problems, so you can easily create your own using any SGF editor (such as CGoban).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install uligo

Install uligo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install uligo

Install uligo 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 uligo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uligo

How To Uninstall uligo on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove uligo

Uninstall uligo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uligo

Remove uligo Configurations and Data

To remove uligo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uligo

Remove uligo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uligo

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Summary

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