sjeng on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "sjeng" 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 sjeng on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sjeng on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 377644
Name: sjeng
PackageBaseID: 119138
PackageBase: sjeng
Version: 11.2-1
Description: An XBoard chess engine including a text-based interface and variant support (standard, bughouse, crazyhouse, antichess, losers)
URL: https://sjeng.org
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.006308
OutOfDate: 1706968009
Maintainer: tdy
Submitter: tdy
FirstSubmitted: 1485342852
LastModified: 1485342852
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sjeng.tar.gz