How do I build GNU Chess? Do I need gcc?
The first step to building GNU Chess is to get the distribution file and unpack it. See topic [A.3] for places you can ftp the distribution from. To unpack the gnuchess distribution, gnuchess-*.tar.gz, put it into a new, empty directory, cd there, and give this Unix command: gzip -cd gnuchess-*.tar.gz | tar -xvf – If this command fails because you don’t have gzip, see topic [A.3] , and ask a local Unix expert if you need more help. The above command will unpack all the files into a new directory. Next, cd into this new directory. Decide what directory tree you are going to install GNU Chess in. The default is /usr/local. If you have write access to this directory tree, make sure that it contains subdirectories bin, lib, and man. (If you must “su” to get write access to /usr/local, you don’t need to do so until just before the “make install” below.
