How to Install and Uninstall stockfish.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "stockfish.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install stockfish.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                stockfish.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "stockfish.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall stockfish.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the stockfish.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : stockfish
Version : 16
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 32 M
Source : stockfish-16-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Powerful open source chess engine
URL : http://stockfishchess.org
License : GPL-3.0-or-later AND CC0-1.0
Description : Stockfish is a free UCI chess engine derived from Glaurung 2.1. It is not a
: complete chess program, but requires some UCI compatible GUI (like XBoard with
: PolyGlot, eboard, Arena, Sigma Chess, Shredder, Chess Partner or Fritz) in
: order to be used comfortably. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice for
: information about how to use Stockfish with your GUI.