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

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "xboard" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install xboard on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xboard
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Installed-Size: 2960
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.8.0-2
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), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4)
Recommends: fairymax, xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi
Suggests: x-terminal-emulator
Filename: pool/universe/x/xboard/xboard_4.8.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 966844
MD5sum: 8994deb8e54b39745a7fedc6666cd5a0
SHA1: e3e6cc82bf4de576dc6ed94920d45c99a456d67d
SHA256: 3672767d36f52c35cf088ce7972641771b44e9c15a1404e78e190909784f1efe
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
Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu