How To Install libgaviotatb-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install libgaviotatb-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. libgaviotatb-dev is Gaviota chess endgame tablebase probing library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgaviotatb-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libgaviotatb-dev

libgaviotatb-dev is:

Gaviota is a chess engine. Gaviota generates and uses its own Endgame
Tablebases (EGTBs) with its own format. It contains “distance to
mate” information, which is how many moves are needed to mate the
opponent, or to be mated. The Gaviota Tablebases can be probed from
your own program (engine or interface) using this library.

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libgaviotatb-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgaviotatb-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgaviotatb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgaviotatb-dev

Install libgaviotatb-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgaviotatb-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgaviotatb-dev

Install libgaviotatb-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libgaviotatb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgaviotatb-dev

How To Uninstall libgaviotatb-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libgaviotatb-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgaviotatb-dev

Uninstall libgaviotatb-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgaviotatb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgaviotatb-dev

Remove libgaviotatb-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgaviotatb-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgaviotatb-dev

Remove libgaviotatb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgaviotatb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgaviotatb-dev

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgaviotatb-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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