Re: [gnugo-devel] Q. re Linux compatibility

[Gonçalo Mendes Ferreira]

Hello Marty,

qGo is one graphical program that can be used with GNU Go, like many
others. I'll explain the use of qGo but you are of course free to choose
another. GNU Go works very well with everything.

To install qGo and GNU Go open your Synaptic Package Manager and search
for their names (qgo, gnugo). You will want to select these two packages
and then press Apply, to install them. When they are not installed the
entry icon should be white, once selected they should have a green tick,
and after installing it should turn to green.

The dependencies are programs that qgo and gnugo will need, so go ahead
and accept their installation.

Once the entries are green and you can see qGo and GNU Go in your system
menu, go ahead and open qGo.

Without any configuration, you should be able to select New game, tick
the option 'Computer', to select which color GNU Go will play with, and
start the match.

Best regards,
Gonçalo


On 21/01/2016 01:17, Marty Feldman wrote:
> *Many thanks Clark & Gonçalo for your followup to my question about
> installing gnugo on my Linux system.  I found the Synaptic Package
> Manager, and 5 packages.  One was gccgo-aarch64-linux-gnu (v. 4:4 8-2-1,
> the gnu go compiler), a second was gnugo (v.3.8-7, "play the game of
> Go"), and a third was qgo (Go client and full featured SGF editor").  I
> can mark any of these, or either of two more packages, but I don't know
> which one to choose, or how to apply the package once selected. It looks
> as though whichever one I choose I will have to agree to install about
> 20 helper files of some sort, none of which I recognize.  When I tried
> to relpeat this action by starting again with the Package Manager, only
> two packages appeared on the selection list, gnugo and qgo.  On the
> Package Manager screen where one makes a choice, terms appear for
> certain packages, none of which I understand  -- I do not know what a
> dependency package is, or a cross-compiler, or arm64 architecture, etc. 
> Your advice as to how to get unstuck and move ahead with this would be
> appreciated.  Also, is it correct that I will not be able to get a
> graphical version, but only a text version?  Back when I used Windows
> (which I do not want to go back to) I played on Many Faces, which I
> found excellent.  Once again, many thanks for your help.
>                                   -Marty-