stockfish on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 15,2025

1. Install "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 stockfish on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall stockfish on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "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 stockfish's git locally


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


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

ID: 1415962
Name: stockfish
PackageBaseID: 32944
PackageBase: stockfish
Version: 1:16.1-1
Description: A strong UCI chess engine
URL: https://stockfishchess.org/
NumVotes: 157
Popularity: 0.656642
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: niklasf
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1261118460
LastModified: 1708973640
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/stockfish.tar.gz