Information about the package, gnuchess, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gnuchess package is designed for, The GNU chess program.
Package Name:
gnuchess
Summary:
The GNU chess program
Description:
The gnuchess package contains the GNU chess program. By default, GNU chess uses a curses text-based interface. Alternatively, GNU chess can be used in conjunction with the xboard user interface and the X Window System for play using a graphical chess board. Install the gnuchess package if you would like to play chess on your computer. If you'd like to use a graphical interface with GNU chess, you'll also need to install the xboard package and the X Window System.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.07
Release:
14.1.el6
Size:
2.4 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gnuchess package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gnuchess
This command will install gnuchess on the server.
yum remove gnuchess
This command will un-install gnuchess on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnuchess, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gnuchess
This command will un-install gnuchess on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gnuchess when using the -y flag.
yum update gnuchess
This command will update gnuchess to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnuchess, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gnuchess
This command will update gnuchess to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gnuchess when using the -y flag.
yum info gnuchess
This command will show you core information about the gnuchess package.
yum deplist gnuchess
This command will show you the dependencies for gnuchess. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update gnuchess
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gnuchess. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.