How To Install gnubg-data on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubg-data on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnubg-data
gnubg-data is:
GNU Backgammon is a strong backgammon program (world-class with a bearoff database installed) usable either as an engine by other programs or as a standalone backgammon game.
This package contains the data files needed by GNU Backgammon (textures, sounds, locale information, neural network weights, and so forth).
There are three methods to install gnubg-data 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 gnubg-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnubg-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnubg-data
Install gnubg-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnubg-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnubg-data
Install gnubg-data 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 gnubg-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnubg-data
How To Uninstall gnubg-data on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnubg-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnubg-data
Uninstall gnubg-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnubg-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnubg-data
Remove gnubg-data Configurations and Data
To remove gnubg-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnubg-data
Remove gnubg-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnubg-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnubg-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubg-data package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
