Hello Jolla Enthusiasts. Xerxes2, a third party developer has ported GnuChess to Sailfish OS. As you may know, GNU Chess is a chess program that enables the users to play chess against the computer, while it can also be used as a chess game engince only, used with frontends like XBoard.
In this article I will show you how to install GnuChess 6.1.1 on the first Jolla smartphone, running Sailfish OS. Follow the instructions exactly, in order to get a successful installation:
1. Download the GnuChess app from OpenRepos
2. Enable the Jolla Developer Mode and allow SSH-connection
3. Connect your Jolla device to your computer, via USB
4. Copy the GnuChess rpm package to the Jolla device
5. Install the package via the command line interface:
$ pkcon install-local gnuchess-6.1.1-1.armv7hl.rpm
For those who don’t know yet, Jolla is a project developed by former Nokia employees. The first Jolla smartphone is running on Sailfish OS, a modified Megoo Linux system, which is Android compatible, uses Wayland as the default display server , uses Nokia N9′s Maliit touchscreen keyboard and comes with interchangeable covers, allowing the users to easily switch them, in order to change the color/model of the phone and comes with impressive hardware specifications. Apps can be installed via the Jolla Store, which will provide both Jolla and Android apps, or via F-Droid, Yandex Store, Amazon App Store, Aptoide and 1Mobile Android Market.
not need dev mode. just download and install with file manager.
And good to know that there is no working Gui… That picture misleads…
yes, it is a commandline app, i forgot to mention
Hmmm. No use for me without GUI, but how to remove?
[nemo@localhost ~]$ pkcon search name gnuchess
…
Installed gnuchess-6.1.1-1.armv7hl Gnuchess – free chess engine
[nemo@localhost ~]$ pkcon remove gnuchess-6.1.1-1.armv7hl
Command failed: This tool could not find the installed package: could not find gnuchess-6.1.1-1.armv7hl
[nemo@localhost ~]$
try:
$ pkcon install zypper$ zypper remove gnuchess
Well I guess I don’t have to spend the weekend fiigrung this one out!
Thanks Geekster, zypper did the job.
you are welcome targon xD