How To Install gnuchess on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuchess
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gnuchess
gnuchess is:
Gnuchess is an updated version of the GNU chess playing program. It is now based on the fruit chess engine and uses the UCI chess engine protocol. It has a simple alpha-numeric board display, and is also compatible with frontends like xboard, scid and eboard.
There are three methods to install gnuchess
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnuchess Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuchess
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnuchess
Install gnuchess Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuchess
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnuchess
Install gnuchess 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 gnuchess
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnuchess
How To Uninstall gnuchess on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gnuchess
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnuchess
Uninstall gnuchess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnuchess
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnuchess
Remove gnuchess Configurations and Data
To remove gnuchess
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnuchess
Remove gnuchess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnuchess
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnuchess
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuchess
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.