GNU Chess

[chandru1]

HI--

I installed gnuchess. but then it doesnt look good. the graphics are worst when seen on xboard. Could anyone please help me out as to how to install GNUCHESS on gnome.

[pankajp]

if you've already installed gnuchess using the command:
$ yum install gnuchess
you may wish to use the pychess program which provides a nice graphical chess playing environment
$ yum install pychess

[chandru1]

hi--

Cant we run gnuchess in gnome. I am asking for this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Chess. See the picture in the gnome and the winboard engine.

[errorxp]

maybe you want to install glchess instead

[chandru1]

hi yes. i want to use glchess and can glchess use diiferent engines like rykba etc...

[CronoCloud]

while gnome-games installs some glchess related files (like the help files), for some reason the actual glchess game is in gnome-games-extra so:

yum install gnome-games-extra

will get you glchess

You could have found that information by using the whatprovides parameter with yum

yum whatprovides */bin/glchess

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

[quxtilf]

cheers!

I have also solved this problem by referring the official website, http://live.gnome.org/glChess on Linux/Fedora 12.


yum install gtkglext pygtkglext

"Texture loading is faster if the Python Imaging Library is installed. 3D chessboard support is enabled if GtkGLExt is installed."

yum install gnome-games-extra

Content of RPM :
/etc/gconf/schemas/glchess.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/glines.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/gnect.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/gnibbles.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/gnobots2.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/gnotravex.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/gnotski.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/gtali.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/mahjongg.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/quadrapassel.schemas
/usr/bin/glchess
/usr/bin/glines
/usr/bin/gnect
/usr/bin/gnibbles
/usr/bin/gnobots2
/usr/bin/gnotravex
/usr/bin/gnotski
/usr/bin/gtali
/usr/bin/mahjongg
/usr/bin/quadrapassel
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/ai.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/ai.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/ai.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/cecp.py
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/cecp.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/glchess/cecp.pyo
(From http://rpm.pbone.net)

[Japplo]

SCID is the best chess program for linux. But it's not in the fedora repos

[sultanmg]

The gnuchess he has installed has come up to expectation and advice is sought to install gnu chess on gnome Many times it has happened to me too! We install a program and it isn’t at all what we hope it will be or its appearance will not be to our liking as in this case so then we’ll have to see what the next best option is and rectify it There seems to be a lot of ways to rectify it and hope it will be solved soon
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