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Martin Hope
Joseph Polanik
Asked: 2022-02-06 12:36:22 +0800 CST
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I have installed the latest SCID package (1:4.7.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2) from Ubuntu via Synaptic. However, when I open SCID I still see the old UI (Help >> About shows version 4.19).

I am using Ubuntu 20.04. Entering type -a scid shows two lines:

scid is /usr/local/bin/scid  
scid is /usr/games/scid

I can get the new version by entering /usr/games/scid at the bash prompt. I'd like to have the Icon point to that version.

Any suggestions?

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Martin Hope
Protágoras
Asked: 2020-06-07 13:01:45 +0800 CST
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I have been trying to install XBoard4.9.1, but I have run into two problems. I have versiom 16 of Ubuntu.

1) I am trying to do it using the Ubuntu Sofware, but it only installs only version 4.8 of Xboard and I can't connect it to ICS or FICS.

2) I downloaded the file Xboard'4.9.1.tar.gz, but I couldn't install it. I have never installed a program from a file.

I want install this program and connnected it to FICS (freechess.com.). How can I do so?

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Martin Hope
José Marín
Asked: 2020-01-25 16:09:27 +0800 CST
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Recently I installed the chess game software Knights for ubuntu. I'm trying to play online using a server (a feature according to the website: https://kde.org/applications/games/org.kde.knights) But I got the following issue:enter image description here

How can I able that menu?

Edit 1. I run the command: hostnamectl and got this:

Static hostname: marin-Aspire-E5-521
     Icon name: computer-laptop
       Chassis: laptop
    Machine ID: 403b41e1f87f499cb8b39aea045edc36
       Boot ID: 84fabc4a665c48c4bd4f6ae1b525e488 
    Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
        Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-74-generic
    Architecture: x86-64

The version of Knight is:

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I installed it using the Ubuntu Software aplication. (I don't know how to use snap or deb packages)

Edit 2. Sorry for the snipped image. Here the complete window:enter image description here

Edit 3.

Those are my options for computer engine, there is not a chess server.

enter image description here

I cannot enable the chess server option.

Edit 4.

I already have the XBoard and UCI protocols installed.

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Edit 5.

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Martin Hope
Michael Scheitz
Asked: 2018-02-03 15:55:45 +0800 CST
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I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and found the program pgn2ltx (http://pgn2ltx.sourceforge.net/) to convert pgn-files to LaTex. I unzipped the files in a folder with the same name and created a binary file with the command make pgn2ltx. When I try to run it from the command line I get pgn2ltx: command not found. Now I don't know how to proceed from here. Regards, Michael

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