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Untar the sources, change to the directory gnugo-3.6. Now do:
./configure [OPTIONS] make
Several configure options will be explained in the next section. You do not need to set these unless you are dissatisfied with GNU Go's performance or wish to vary the experimental options.
As an example,
./configure --enable-level=9 --enable-cosmic-gnugo
will make a binary in which the default level is 9, and the experimental “cosmic”' option is enabled. A list of all configure options can be obtained by running ./configure --help. Further information about the experimental options can be found in the next section (see Configure Options).
After running configure and make, you have now made a binary called interface/gnugo. Now (running as root) type
make install
to install gnugo in /usr/local/bin.
There are different methods of using GNU Go. You may run it from the command line by just typing:
gnugo
but it is nicer to run it using CGoban 1 (under X Window System), Jago (on any platform with a Java Runtime Environment) or other client programs offering a GUI.
You can get the most recent version of CGoban 1 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/cgoban1/. The earlier version 1.12 is available from http://www.igoweb.org/~wms/comp/cgoban/index.html. The CGoban version number MUST be 1.9.1 at least or it won't work. CGoban 2 will not work.
See CGoban, for instructions on how to run GNU Go from Cgoban, or See Other Clients, for Jago or other clients.