How To Install xboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xboard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xboard
xboard is:
XBoard is a graphical chessboard that can serve as a user interface for chess programs, for the Internet Chess Server, or for electronic mail correspondence chess. It supports all major forms of chess, such as international chess, xiangqi and shogi. XBoard can also be used by itself as viewer for stored chess games.
XBoard uses the Helvetica font (located in the xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi packages) by default. However, other fonts can be specified via a command line option or an X resource.
There are three methods to install xboard 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 xboard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xboard
Install xboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xboard
Install xboard 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 xboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xboard
How To Uninstall xboard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xboard
Uninstall xboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xboard
Remove xboard Configurations and Data
To remove xboard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xboard
Remove xboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xboard
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xboard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
