gnome-chess-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "gnome-chess-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install gnome-chess-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S gnome-chess-git

* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-chess-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns gnome-chess-git

2. Manually Install "gnome-chess-git" via AUR

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone gnome-chess-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-chess-git.git ~/gnome-chess-git

c. Go to ~/gnome-chess-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/gnome-chess-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the gnome-chess-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1280001
Name: gnome-chess-git
PackageBaseID: 154167
PackageBase: gnome-chess-git
Version: 43.2+6+g389df74-1
Description: Play the classic two-player boardgame of chess
URL: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Chess
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tallero
Submitter: fisch02
FirstSubmitted: 1591690366
LastModified: 1687971138
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-chess-git.tar.gz