How To Install chess_db on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install chess_db in Fedora 36. chess_db is Chess database opening tree indexer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install chess_db on Fedora 36.

What is `chess_db`

This project helps index PGN files to polyglot books with the standard moves and weights, but also has Win/Loss/Draw Stats and game_index information.

We can use yum or dnf to install chess_db on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install chess_db.

Install chess_db on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install chess_db using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install chess_db

Install chess_db on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install chess_db using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install chess_db

How To Uninstall chess_db on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the chess_db package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove chess_db

chess_db Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/parser
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/7aedd7935d59857fbdf43f63fae6066b308b84
/usr/share/doc/chess_db
/usr/share/doc/chess_db/README.md
/usr/share/doc/chess_db/chess_db.py
/usr/share/licenses/chess_db
/usr/share/licenses/chess_db/Copying.txt

References

chess_db website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install chess_db on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).