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Try as I may I can't get rid of chess on my system.<br>
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Removing gnuchess INSTALLS xboard.<br>
Removing xboard INSTALLS gnuchess.<br>
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apt-get purge should REMOVE, not INSTALL your software<br><br></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><div>$ aptitude why xboard</div><div>i gnome Depends gnome-games (>= 1:2.30) </div><div>
i A gnome-games Depends gnuchess | hoichess | bbchess | crafty | fruit</div><div>i A gnuchess Suggests xboard | eboard </div><div>$ aptitude why gnuchess</div><div>i gnome Depends gnome-games (>= 1:2.30) </div>
<div>i A gnome-games Depends gnuchess | hoichess | bbchess | crafty | fruit</div></div><div><br></div><div>If you want to remove both xboard and gnuchess from your system, you'd have to purge gnome-games as well, and get rid of the gnome meta-package while you're at it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>- Vincent</div>