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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

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1. Install "stockfish" package

This guide let you learn how to install stockfish on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall stockfish on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: stockfish
Version: 15.1-4
Installed-Size: 46223
Maintainer: Milan Zamazal
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libstdc++6 (>= 12)
Suggests: polyglot, xboard | scid
Description: strong chess engine, to play chess against
Description-md5: 1c88e787fea0cbec572e73232f9d09df
Homepage: https://stockfishchess.org
Tag: game::board:chess, implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline,
interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, use::gameplaying,
x11::application
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/stockfish/stockfish_15.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 22012376
MD5sum: 34b1365fba512e16c352ae131be538cb
SHA256: ee9da8f9784d87432e6071b7707f22f89955ce44616b701ca4b11334757aa2ae