hoichess on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "hoichess" 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 hoichess on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall hoichess on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "hoichess" 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 hoichess's git locally


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


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

ID: 550477
Name: hoichess
PackageBaseID: 49189
PackageBase: hoichess
Version: 0.22.0-2
Description: Xboard compatible chess engine and xiangqi (Chinese chess) engine
URL: http://www.hoicher.de/hoichess
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.024573
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dnlrn
Submitter: gucong
FirstSubmitted: 1305820260
LastModified: 1539094393
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/hoichess.tar.gz