How To Install gnome-chess on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-chess on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-chess
gnome-chess is:
This is the chess game from the GNOME desktop. It allows one to play with most existing chess engines, or against a human opponent.
There are three methods to install gnome-chess on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-chess Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-chess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-chess
Install gnome-chess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-chess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-chess
Install gnome-chess 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 gnome-chess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-chess
How To Uninstall gnome-chess on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-chess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-chess
Uninstall gnome-chess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-chess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-chess
Remove gnome-chess Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-chess configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-chess
Remove gnome-chess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-chess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-chess
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-chess package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
