How to Install and Uninstall polyglot Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "polyglot" package

This tutorial shows how to install polyglot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall polyglot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: polyglot
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Installed-Size: 264
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Oliver Korff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.1+git20140926-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: fruit | glaurung | toga2 | stockfish
Filename: pool/universe/p/polyglot/polyglot_2.0.1+git20140926-1_amd64.deb
Size: 110454
MD5sum: c98da6e0c42d2bd2a2017ecd7a7d1bde
SHA1: 1cf28a75d65469566ee54c216e705279d1d5e9c5
SHA256: e7dc07a75d996d431b0afb44b324ebb6d0a50d7f39fa5654e8af83f867b2507e
Description-en: chess engine protocol adaptor, connects UCI engines to xboard
Common chess frontends have a winboard/xboard input interface, modern
chess engines speak the UCI "universal chess interface" protocol. This
protocol adaptor makes it possible to use standard chess frontends, like
xboard or scid with UCI speaking engines and play chess against them.
Description-md5: 7e1e75a56d0a038ac25c4a3170b42389
Homepage: http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/polyglot-release
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu