fairy-stockfish on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "fairy-stockfish" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install fairy-stockfish on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                fairy-stockfish
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall fairy-stockfish on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                fairy-stockfish
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "fairy-stockfish" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone fairy-stockfish's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/fairy-stockfish.git 
            
                        
                ~/fairy-stockfish
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/fairy-stockfish folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/fairy-stockfish
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fairy-stockfish package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1404845
Name: fairy-stockfish
PackageBaseID: 169537
PackageBase: fairy-stockfish
Version: 14.0.1-7
Description: Chess engine with support for Xiangqi, Shogi, Janggi, and many other variants
URL: https://github.com/fairy-stockfish/Fairy-Stockfish
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: xiota
Submitter: vpzomtrrfrt
FirstSubmitted: 1627962795
LastModified: 1707210174
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fairy-stockfish.tar.gz