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authorJohn Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>2014-07-12 19:42:13 +0200
committerJohn Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>2014-07-13 16:04:34 +0200
commitae9cb418dfe864d8b4383770662fc79484244240 (patch)
tree82ca85bfda7ca5dc5347fff7690198ccaffaa3fe /gnu
parent927097effdab473d2a344e6de75a85ec734df5dc (diff)
gnu: Add chess and xboard.
* gnu/packages/games.scm (xboard, chess): New variables.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
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1 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index bc1338f30b..84e09aaee7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
#:use-module (gnu packages sqlite)
#:use-module (gnu packages sdl)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages texinfo)
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
(define-public gnubg
@@ -263,3 +264,60 @@ based on the screensaver from the movie's website. It works with terminal
settings up to 132x300 and can scroll lines all at the same rate or
asynchronously and at a user-defined speed.")
(license gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public chess
+ (package
+ (name "chess")
+ (version "6.1.1")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/chess/gnuchess-" version
+ ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1jckpg1qi1vjr3pqs0dnip3rmn0mgklx63xflrpqiv3cx2qlz8kn"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (home-page "http://wwww.gnu.org/software/chess")
+ (synopsis "Full chess implementation")
+ (description "GNU Chess is a chess engine. It allows you to compete
+against the computer in a game of chess, either through the default terminal
+interface or via an external visual interface such as GNU XBoard.")
+ (license gpl3+)))
+
+(define-public xboard
+ (package
+ (name "xboard")
+ (version "4.7.3")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/xboard/xboard-" version
+ ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1amy9krr0qkvcc7gnp3i9x9ma91fc5cq8hy3gdc7rmfsaczv1l3z"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ '(#:phases
+ (alist-cons-before
+ 'configure 'pre-conf
+ ;; This is GNU. So use gnuchess as the first choice of engine
+ (lambda _
+ (substitute* "xboard.conf.in"
+ (("-firstChessProgram fairymax") "-firstChessProgram gnuchess")))
+ %standard-phases)))
+ (inputs `(("cairo" ,cairo)
+ ("librsvg" ,librsvg)
+ ("libxt" ,libxt)
+ ("libxaw" ,libxaw)))
+ (native-inputs `(("texinfo" ,texinfo)
+ ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard")
+ (synopsis "Graphical user interface for chess programs")
+ (description "GNU XBoard is a graphical board for all varieties of chess,
+including international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess)
+and Makruk. Several lesser-known variants are also supported. It presents a
+fully interactive graphical interface and it can load and save games in the
+Portable Game Notation.")
+ (license gpl3+)))