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Asked: 2019-12-02 02:08:47 +0800 CST

Arasan Chess Engine for Ubuntu

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Can anyone explain me the procedure for installing the Arasan Chess Engine from this link: https://www.arasanchess.org/downld.shtml and using it to run with Eboard.

It would be nice if there is a step by step answer.

After extracting the .tar.gz file, when i give the make command it doesn't seem to run. Not sure, how to make the chess engine.

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    this is the procedure that I have followed just now and I think it is working. First download arasan from the website. You can download the binary or source. In this case I downloaded the binary. Next put the downloaded file in a convenient location, extract it. After that, install xboard:

    $ sudo apt install xboard

    After that, open a terminal and run this command:

    $ xboard -cp -fcp "PATH-TO-EXTRACTED-FOLDER/arasanx-64 -H 100M -c 2"

    Here, replace the PATH-TO-EXTRACTED-FOLDER with the location where you have extracted the compressed file. For example, I keep these stuffs in ~/Applications folder, so on my machine it looks like this: xboard -cp -fcp "/home/u33how/Appications/arasan-linux-binaries-21.4/arasanx-64 -H 100M -c 2" . Make the required modification. Finally, play the game. Reference: github repo doc link

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