How To Install gnushogi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnushogi in Fedora 36. gnushogi is Shogi, the Japanese version of chess

Introduction

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

What is `gnushogi`

GNU shogi is a program that plays shogi, the Japanese version of chess, against a human (or computer) opponent. It is only the AI engine, and you will likely want to use a GUI front-end (XBoard, for example) to be more comfortable.

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

Install gnushogi 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 gnushogi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnushogi

Install gnushogi 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 gnushogi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnushogi

How To Uninstall gnushogi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gnushogi

gnushogi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gnuminishogi
/usr/bin/gnushogi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/dc34de0ed3564bea0b7305212ce0fa74a6a395
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/caffd39d896f25571619b2bd5ec72c19478e30
/usr/lib64/gnushogi
/usr/lib64/gnushogi/gnushogi.bbk
/usr/lib64/gnushogi/gnushogi.tbk
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/BOOKFILES
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/CONTRIB
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/README
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/TODO
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/shogi.rules
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/tutorial1.gam
/usr/share/doc/gnushogi/tutorial2.gam
/usr/share/info/gnushogi.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/gnushogi
/usr/share/licenses/gnushogi/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man6/gnushogi.6.gz

References

gnushogi website

Summary

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