*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-
*/
On 01/20/2016 06:19 PM, Clark B. Wierda wrote://
/
/On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Gonçalo Mendes Ferreira
//<go...@sapo.pt <mailto:go...@sapo.pt>>//wrote://
/
/Hi Marty.//
/ /
//If you open your system menu you should be able to find the
Package Manager. It may also be called Synaptic. If you click on
it it may ask for a password and then let you search for software.
If you input gnugo in the search box in the top you should be able
to find an entry. Select it and click to apply the changes.//
/ /
//Afterwards an entry for GNU Go should appear in your system
menu, ready to play.//
/ /
//You'll notice GNU Go runs as text-only, hence Clarks suggestion
of other, graphical, software that is more comfortable to play
with. But one step at time, tell us if everything goes well.//
/ /
//-- Gonçalo//
/
/
/
/Sending directly as well as to the list://
//
/
/The Package Manager will be that, or possibly Muon, Synaptic (as
above), or Ubuntu Program Center.//
//
/
/You should find //*gnugo *//as an option (under Games, or you might
have to search for it). This should get you a menu item you can use
to start gnugo. This will likely be a text window with gnugo running
in it.//
//
/
/Good luck,//
/
/Clark/
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