stockfish-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "stockfish-git" 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-git on Arch using YAY


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


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                stockfish-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "stockfish-git" 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-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1322285
Name: stockfish-git
PackageBaseID: 148134
PackageBase: stockfish-git
Version: r5850.g3f7fb5ac1-1
Description: A free UCI chess engine derived from Glaurung 2.1 (git version)
URL: http://stockfishchess.org/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.004956
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ghotrix
Submitter: ghotrix
FirstSubmitted: 1578935798
LastModified: 1695283063
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/stockfish-git.tar.gz