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Port details on branch 2022Q3
gnuchess Classic Gnu Chess
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Maintainer: bofh@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: unknown
Last Update: 2025-08-27 10:34:55
Commit Hash: ed7f0f4
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License: GPLv3+
WWW:
https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/chess
Description:
Gnuchess plays a game of chess against the user or it plays against itself. Gnuchess is an updated version of the GNU chess playing program. It has a simple alpha-numeric board display.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/gnuchess-6.3.0/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/gnuchess-6.3.0/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/gnuchess-6.3.0/GPLv3+
  4. bin/gnuchess
  5. bin/gnuchessu
  6. bin/gnuchessx
  7. share/man/man1/gnuchess.1.gz
  8. share/doc/gnuchess/Makefile
  9. share/doc/gnuchess/Makefile.am
  10. share/doc/gnuchess/Makefile.in
  11. share/doc/gnuchess/NEWS
  12. share/doc/gnuchess/fdl.texi
  13. share/doc/gnuchess/gnuchess.ini
  14. share/doc/gnuchess/gnuchess.texi
  15. share/doc/gnuchess/mdate-sh
  16. share/doc/gnuchess/pkg.texi
  17. share/doc/gnuchess/quotes.rb
  18. share/doc/gnuchess/stamp-vti
  19. share/doc/gnuchess/texinfo.tex
  20. share/doc/gnuchess/version.texi
  21. share/games/plugins/logos/gnuchess.png
  22. share/games/plugins/xboard/gnuchess.eng
  23. share/gnuchess/smallbook.bin
  24. share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  25. share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  26. share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  27. share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  28. share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  29. share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  30. share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  31. share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  32. share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  33. share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  34. share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  35. share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  36. share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  37. share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  38. share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  39. share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gnuchess.mo
  40. @owner
  41. @group
  42. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • gnuchess>0:games/gnuchess
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/games/gnuchess/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install games/gnuchess
  • pkg install gnuchess
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: gnuchess
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1756025723 SHA256 (gnuchess-6.3.0.tar.gz) = 0b37bec2098c2ad695b7443e5d7944dc6dc8284f8d01fcc30bdb94dd033ca23a SIZE (gnuchess-6.3.0.tar.gz) = 835620

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SHA256 (book_1.02.pgn.gz) = deac77edb061a59249a19deb03da349cae051e52527a6cb5af808d9398d32d44 SIZE (book_1.02.pgn.gz) = 26265281

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Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
gnuchess
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest6.3.06.3.06.2.76.3.06.3.0-6.2.7-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly6.2.116.2.116.2.96.2.116.2.116.2.96.2.96.2.9
FreeBSD:14:latest6.2.116.3.06.2.96.2.116.3.06.2.9-6.2.9
FreeBSD:14:quarterly6.2.116.2.11-6.2.116.2.116.2.96.2.96.2.9
FreeBSD:15:latest6.2.116.2.11n/a6.2.11n/a6.2.9_16.2.9_16.2.9_1
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest--n/a-n/a---
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. gettext-runtime>=0.22_1 : devel/gettext-runtime
  2. msgfmt : devel/gettext-tools
Runtime dependencies:
  1. indexinfo : print/indexinfo
Library dependencies:
  1. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
This port is required by:
for Run
  1. games/gnome-chess
  2. games/knights

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. games/knights-kde4*
  2. games/mkgichessclub*
  3. games/wmminichess*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for gnuchess-6.3.0: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation NLS=on: Native Language Support OPENING_BOOK=on: Install opening book (25 MB download) ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
games_gnuchess
USES:
cpe shebangfix gettext
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/gnu/chess/
  2. ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/chess/
  3. ftp://mirrors.rit.edu/gnu/chess/
  4. http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gnu/chess/
  5. http://mirror.navercorp.com/gnu/chess/
  6. https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/chess/
  7. https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/chess/
  8. https://mirror.netcologne.de/gnu/chess/
  9. https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/chess/
  10. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/gnu/gnu/chess/
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There are no commits on branch 2022Q3 for this port