Package chess: Information

  • Default inline alert: Version in the repository: 6.2.9-alt1

Source package: chess
Version: 6.2.6-alt1
Latest version according to Repology
Build time:  May 13, 2020, 12:29 AM in the task #251616
Category: Games/Boards
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License: GPLv2+
Summary: The GNU chess program
Description: 
The gnuchess package contains the GNU chess program.  By default, GNUchess
uses a curses text-based interface.  Alternatively, GNUchess can be used
in conjunction with the xboard user interface and the X Window System for
a graphical chessboard.

You should install the gnuchess package if you would like to play chess on
your computer.  You'll also need to install the curses package.  If you'd
like to use a graphical interface with GNUchess, you'll also need to
install the xboard package and the X Window System.

List of rpms provided by this srpm:
chess (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, aarch64)
chess-debuginfo (x86_64, ppc64le, i586, aarch64)




    1. libncurses-devel
    2. makeinfo
    3. help2man
    4. flex
    5. gcc-c++
    6. rpm-build-licenses
    7. libreadline-devel

Last changed


May 12, 2020 Vladimir D. Seleznev 6.2.6-alt1
- Updated to 6.2.6.
March 15, 2018 Igor Vlasenko 6.2.5-alt1.1
- NMU: added URL
July 27, 2017 Yuri N. Sedunov 6.2.5-alt1
- 6.2.5