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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "xboard" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xboard 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 "xboard" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xboard on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: xboard
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.9.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3462
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 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
Filename: pool/universe/x/xboard/xboard_4.9.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1078618
MD5sum: 69a013fdbdc071d8fdff67a20c3aa295
SHA1: c4ce3aafaea51b7c38216a977c990dcc7d5580e3
SHA256: 6999f9d5aa6f5c5b8cc676a5d183807a86aa5b03fd1b00713e22424b13eb1188
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/
Description: X Window System Chess Board
Description-md5: 21c31c49b973c741ce593433a81e4671