How to Install and Uninstall gnome-chess Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "gnome-chess" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gnome-chess on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnome-chess
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnome-chess" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gnome-chess on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnome-chess
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-chess package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gnome-chess
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Installed-Size: 7324
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.18.0-1
Replaces: glchess (<< 1:3.7.2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.40.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.15.0), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.32.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, hoichess
Recommends: yelp
Suggests: bbchess, crafty, fairymax, fruit, glaurung, gnuchess, phalanx, sjeng, stockfish, toga2
Breaks: glchess (<< 1:3.7.2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-chess/gnome-chess_3.18.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1868014
MD5sum: e89cb345804f4f973e9e10a378ab2bc5
SHA1: 12fef23ef1d0a82478ea601fc1f8be2ba285956f
SHA256: cf613bc159f529bc5d5a06ffc4c39c131a66f1bbc0a2ef7023f8c41a905573d7
Description-en: chess game with 3D graphics
This is the chess game from the GNOME desktop. It allows one to play
with most existing chess engines, or against a human opponent.
Description-md5: 7fe473d29033d6a9edfd819b8d5cc11f
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Chess
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu