1.0 CHESS
1.1 scid_vs_pc:
scid_vs_pc is available thru usm sbo command line. It works great. The tk libraries are needed under porteus.
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root@porteus:~# usm -g tk
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root@porteus:~# usm sbo -b scid_vs_pc
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http://www.pychess.org/download/pychess-0.12rc1.tar.gz
Here are the necessary dependencies
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# pychess
python,pygtk,pygtksourceview,pygobject,pycairo,gnome-icon-theme,gst-python,gst-plugins-base,gstreamer and gnome-python,gnome-python-desktop,gtksourceview2
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Dependencies:
python >= 2.6
pygtk
pygobject
pycairo
gnome-python-desktop
python-rsvg (if it's in a separate package in your distribution)
gnome-icon-theme
gst-python (OPTIONAL for sound)
1.3 Adding chess engines: crafty stockfish fairymax fruit.
.stockfish:
http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/ad ... h-on-linux
Pychess works fine, and although it could work as a standalone application (it comes with its own chess engine), I provide the command necessary to install it with a few additional chess engines:
crafty stockfish fairymax fruit.