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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xboard" package

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xboard 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 xboard package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xboard
Source: xboard (4.9.1-2)
Version: 4.9.1-2+b1
Installed-Size: 3771
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.20.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4)
Recommends: fairymax, alsa-utils, xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi
Suggests: x-terminal-emulator
Description: X Window System Chess Board
Description-md5: 21c31c49b973c741ce593433a81e4671
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/
Tag: game::board, game::board:chess, implemented-in::c, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, suite::gnu, uitoolkit::athena,
uitoolkit::gtk, use::gameplaying, x11::application
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xboard/xboard_4.9.1-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 1400624
MD5sum: f8bc01fb092dfd0d4498273a5a553ddb
SHA256: 7bebc444fb6d8fe08c2ff82971209dbcdc61eaa6e358e9675e9fd11edac70d2e