Re: Fedora 38 problem

h.g.muller--- via XBoard and WinBoard developers <[email protected]> Sat, 20 May 2023 08:24:27 +0200
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It is up to the distro maintainers to decide which packages they offer 
in their repositories. The XBoard developers play o role in this.

But programs that are not in a repository can usually be installed from 
source. The uci2wb and polyglot in the hgm.nubati.net source repository 
do contain a Makefile, so I would expect the command

sudo make install

to work for those. These would install the binaries in /usr/local/bin; I 
don't know if that would be a problem on Fedora (as I never used that).

Rick Groszkiewicz schreef op 19-05-2023 23:39:

> I am trying to set up a new machine to test Duck Chess, using HGM's 
> latest versions of  xboard and uci2wb. My typical starting point is to 
> install both xboard and uci2wb from a repository.
> 
> It appears fedora does things differently than the other linux distros. 
> I was able to install both xboard and stockfish, but I can't run 
> stockfish. The problem is that I can't locate a repository for uci2wb. 
> I tried to install polyglot, but column't locate that either.
> 
> I have spent many hours Googling for answers, but 'm not sure how to 
> proceed.
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<p id=3D"reply-intro">It is up to the distro maintainers to decide which pa=
ckages they offer in their repositories. The XBoard developers play o role =
in this.</p>
<p>But programs that are not in a repository can usually be installed from =
source. The uci2wb and polyglot in the hgm.nubati.net source repository do =
contain a Makefile, so I would expect the command</p>
<p>sudo make install</p>
<p>to work for those. These would install the binaries in /usr/local/bin; I=
 don't know if that would be a problem on Fedora (as I never used that).</p>
<p>Rick Groszkiewicz schreef op 19-05-2023 23:39:</p>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I am trying to set up a new machine to test Duck Chess,&nb=
sp;using HGM's latest versions of&nbsp; xboard and uci2wb. My typical start=
ing point is to install both xboard and uci2wb from a repository.
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>It appears fedora does things differently than the other linux distros=
=2E I was able to install both xboard and stockfish, but I can't run stockf=
ish. The problem is that I can't locate a repository for uci2wb. I tried to=
 install polyglot, but column't locate that either.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>I have spent many&nbsp;hours Googling for answers, but 'm not sure how=
 to proceed.</div>
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