How to Install and Uninstall gnuchess Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the gnuchess on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gnuchess" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gnuchess on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnuchess
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnuchess" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall gnuchess on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnuchess
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnuchess package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gnuchess
Version: 6.2.7-1
Installed-Size: 749
Maintainer: Vincent Legout
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: gnuchess-book
Suggests: xboard | eboard | scid
Description: Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself
Description-md5: c0c25e09afefdb0b9a867cb88b772c54
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/chess/
Tag: field::TODO, game::board, game::board:chess, interface::graphical,
interface::text-mode, interface::x11, role::program, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::gtk, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::gameplaying, use::learning,
x11::application
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnuchess/gnuchess_6.2.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 256172
MD5sum: cadeb595404a4cd083600a2a94226a67
SHA256: d3f6574c45129cae24920db5212dc6a634b09e1a009f041842ec4efb62b6549b