hw 2 install uci eng in scid/ ubuntu7.04 linux

[mariaclara]

hi guyz,

may i ask info how to install uci engines in scid for ubuntu7.04 linux.

any help is appreciated.

.........for a better chess future........................

[Volker Pittlik]

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may i ask info how to install uci engines in scid for ubuntu7.04 linux.
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You may.

Was the answer of my teacher to such questions.

Serious: If you use one of Pascal Georges variants it is no problem at all: it has a build-in uci interface. If you use the original Scid you have to use polyglot and an ini.file. IIRC polyglot as engine name, the ini file as parameter and the polyglot directory as directory (the latter is especially complicated).

To install one Pascal's variants you have to have all to the gcc build tools, the devel packages of tcl and tk and to act as root ("su -" preferable). For the latter ask in a Ubuntu/Linux forum and get a good book about Linux.

volker

[mariaclara]

............

Was the answer of my teacher to such questions.

then what did she say?

thanks for that info Volker.
(but............................................................. )

[mariaclara]

but...................... hw do i use polyglot???

[Volker Pittlik]

:...hw do i use polyglot?

It has a readme file. I don't know more as written in there.

[BBauer]

Today I installed glaurung2-e/5 in ubuntu 7.04 65 bit system.
The command you should give to scid id "polyglot".
The actual engine name is defined in polyglot.ini.
Hope that helps

If not feel free to ask again.

regards
Bernhard

[mariaclara]

............hi Bernhard,

after you installed your glaurung2-e/5 in ubuntu 7.04 65 bit system,
and you want to install another engine, do you have to make
another polyglot.ini file for the new engine?
one polyglot.ini file for each engine?

thank you Bernhard.

[glorfindel]

Yes, you need a different file for every engine.

But it not very clever to call all of them polyglot.ini. You can call them glaurung.ini, fruit.ini etc.

Then, in order to run the engines you give, for example

(command) /usr/local/bin/polyglot
(parameters) /path/to/glaurung.ini

I find that if you give the full path to the programs and files it always works, otherwise you might have problems.

[mariaclara]

Hi Christos,

your reminder really guides me.

thanks Christos

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(command) /usr/local/bin/polyglot
(parameters) /path/to/glaurung.ini

I find that

[royb]

I've had others assist me in the past with such things; now it is my turn to help someone else. I will assume you have SCID 3.6.18 already installed and running properly. If that is not the case, please state so.

I also assume you have downloaded the WINDOWS executable for the engine you want to use.

I will also assume you have installed 'wine' on your Ubuntu system. If you need help with that: sudo apt-get install wine

Now with wine installed, start SCID 3.6.18 (not an older version please).

Click on "Tools" menu and then select "Analysis Engine"

Click "New..."

Here I assume you are using Glaurung2 but you should get the idea:

Name: Glaurung2
Command: wine
Parameters: /home/roy/chess/glaurung2/glaurung_win_32.exe
Directory: /home/roy/chess/glaurung2
URL:
Elo: 2850

Now click the "UCI" box just below the word Elo. Then click "Configure UCI engine" to set hash size, and other engine parameters and click Save.

When done, click OK button at the bottom of the engine definition window (the one with "Configure UCI engine" button on it).

Now Glaurung2 should available as an analysis engine under "Tools -> Analysis Engine". Select Glaurung2 and click "OK" button to start it analyzing.

Hope this helps enough,

Roy