How to Install and Uninstall stockfish Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "stockfish" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install stockfish on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall stockfish on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                stockfish
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the stockfish package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: stockfish
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Milan Zamazal
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 281
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 6)
Suggests: polyglot, xboard | scid
Filename: pool/universe/s/stockfish/stockfish_8-3_amd64.deb
Size: 138780
MD5sum: bec349ae06dbe0acf33b5424171ba3ec
SHA1: 6e3d6e950493cab7e586d113fc3515f4d46101d9
SHA256: 50f834a36824df751a5b3a8be5b213278a448bb0ccf66b8c6dc23f5e5b04ae3e
Homepage: http://www.stockfishchess.com
Description: strong chess engine, to play chess against
Description-md5: 1c88e787fea0cbec572e73232f9d09df