problem downloading and installing chess software crafty

What was the extension on the file? If it wasn't .deb, you're probably going to have to try some other method, such as compiling it yourself (especially if the extension was .tar, .tar.gz, or .tgz)
Also, did you try gnuchess? I believe that one is fairly strong.

Thanks Ben, If I open a file, it shows various other files, like zip files and bin files. In the meantime I discovered a piece of software called FileZilla, especially to download ftp files. For a moment that seemed to work, it sort of downloaded first the entire directory, when is right clicked the first level it mentioned in the menu: "download" so I clicked that one and it indeed started downloading. But soon I noticed that 600 files had to be downloaded, total a 9 Gig. That couldn't be the chess software only. So I am trying to figure it out.
Anyway I tried GNUchess but that doesn't run either.
There is a quite good book, Ubuntu for non geeks, 3rd edition (hardy heron) by Rickfort Grant. It explains a lot but not what to do if the 3 installing methods (app, synapt, terminal) don work.
By the way, opening the zipfiles does work okay, but then again it installing does not work?!
Life is less complicated than Ubuntu, but with some help we'll learn eventually. Again thanks. Pim Gillissen.

Hi,
 Can you try the command : "sudo apt-get install crafty"
I assume you aould be connected to internet :).

Hope it helps!!

Thanks,
Saurabh

You can also try searching for crafty in synaptic package manager.
System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager
and install from there

Thanks,
Saurabh

Hi, that was indeed one step forward. Thank you so far. But, I dowloaded
also a newer version: Crafty 22.1. I cannot install that. The Synaptic
Package management stubbornly sticks to the old version.
Also I have problems downloading the boards. PLaying chess is much more
easier. Thanks anyway. Pim gillissen.

On do, 2008-08-21 at 06:11 +0000, hundredrabh wrote:
> Your question #41975 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/41975
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> hundredrabh proposed the following answer:
> Hi,
> Can you try the command : "sudo apt-get install crafty"
> I assume you aould be connected to internet :).
>
> Hope it helps!!
>
> Thanks,
> Saurabh
>

Hi,
  If you want to remove the synaptic manager crafty installation you can type "sudo apt-get remove crafty"
But as far as I can see the zip file for version 22.1 has not formal mechanism to add crafty to your search PATH once you have compiled it.

You can run the crafty from the same directory where you compile it by typing : ./crafty

Or add that directory in the search path: PATH=${PATH}:`pwd` # I assume you are in bash shell

To add xboard for the game type: sudo apt-get install xboard

To use xboard type:
xboard -fcp crafty # I assume crafty is installed and is in the search PATH
Else you can forcefully tell the path of crafty installation directory using "-fd" Option in xboard.

I would also recomment you to read the Makefile in your crafty installation "22.1 version" and "man xboard" To understand better.

Thanks and Regards,
Saurabh