How to Install and Uninstall xboard Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: July 07,2024

1. Install "xboard" package

This tutorial shows how to install xboard on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xboard on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xboard
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xboard package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xboard
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.9.1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3484
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), 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_4.9.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1084720
MD5sum: 97f29bd9dc0a1508e0e90feb394071dd
SHA1: 8d544c040dcba7c19025c9114a219404f73187c2
SHA256: bf283a58d5d79f9704d81f4cb73725e12067788cc7f9fb4e08745f1077af8b3f
SHA512: 1a81f4fbeae5a15cd1ae9c46e9b5ab73af8ec199e87648a7e27edfb8df92cc821526df339bf13a0416aecef7e87fdda2f713bd34d631c00b9cbfda91117cac42
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/
Description-en: X Window System Chess Board
XBoard is a graphical chessboard that can serve as a user interface
for chess programs, for the Internet Chess Server, or for electronic
mail correspondence chess. It supports all major forms of chess,
such as international chess, xiangqi and shogi. XBoard can also be
used by itself as viewer for stored chess games.
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XBoard uses the Helvetica font (located in the xfonts-75dpi and
xfonts-100dpi packages) by default. However, other fonts can be
specified via a command line option or an X resource.
Description-md5: 21c31c49b973c741ce593433a81e4671