It wasnt the best using the dev machine to test the install, so i dusted off a Raspberry Pi 400 to install it on.

Here are my first draft notes. Its wordy, and slated to be rewritten to focus on a command line install, contains some duplication to test stuff like dreamchess running without any modifications on the install system, so people could use on a general debian/ubuntu system.

Ive updated the AnarchyChessNotes.txt in the repository.

Appendix A: Installation for Raspberry Pi 400 (Package install dreamchess, localbuild anarchychess exe from anarchychess-dreamydesktopprototype repository )- Last updated 31Jul2023

The aim of these steps is to get a repeatable steps for users to download the build and get it running on their computer.

RaspberryPi Imager v1.7.5 used, Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit Debian Bullseye Released 2023-05-03 used.

Assumed User has full access to system and created initial account which is used to do install. System updated to latest as part of initial install

  1. Open a command prompt up, create a directory to build in and cd into it mkdir DreamChessBuild cd DreamchessBuild

  2. Edit file to allow downloading of package sources sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

  3. remove “#” from first column on third line and save with CTRL-O Note: line to read “deb-src”… instead of “#deb-src”…

  4. exit nano with CTRL-X

  5. run apt program so it knows about source URIs sudo apt update

  6. download source using apt command (as regular user, not root so we dont need sudo) apt source dreamchess

  7. install dreamchess onto system using OS package manager. sudo apt install dreamchess

  8. test run dreamchess to confirm it runs on system natively dreamchess

  9. Start a new Human vs human game on original install New Game Players -> Human vs Human Start Game

  10. e4 e5 Ke2 Ke7 and Quit game Right click -> Quit Game. Quit to Title -> Ok

  11. Change configuration for Theme and remove engine Click Configuration. Change theme to “Figureine” Delete all text in Engine textbox Click Ok

11.Start a new game with figureine piece set Board loads using 2D pieces.

  1. e4 e5 Ke2 Ke7 and Quit game Right click -> Quit Game. Quit to Title -> Ok

  2. Quit Dreamchess Window closes and back to command prompt

  3. Get code from AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktopPrototype repository NOTE: This will eventually be changed to deal with packages and zips,

Open up chromium web browser and go to https://github.com/PossibleEmuWrangler/AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktopPrototype

The page should have a Green icon with “Code” and a down arrow.

Click on the down arrow and click on “Download ZIP”

AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktopPrototype-main.zip should now be in your Downloads file

  1. Move code to folder to build from Move ZIP file to DreamChessBuild directory created earlier (either by command line or file explorer)

  2. Unzip ZIP file from the command line, “unzip AnarchyChess-DreamyDesktopPrototype-main.zip” or “unzip An” for command line to complete the filename via TAB shortcut

17 Using the file explorer copy all files and subdirectories in AnarchyChess folder into dreamchess-0.3.0 folder, overwriting any existing files.

18 Change command prompt to dreamchess-0.3.0 subdirectory. cd dreamchess-0.3.0

  1. Build (without required dependencies installed) dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us

A print out of unmet dependencies is shown

19 Download dependencies required to build sudo apt install bison cmake debhelper-compat flex libglew-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev

  1. Build (without required dependencies installed) dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us

21 Install app, data and dbgsym via package manager sudo dpkg -i …/dreamchess_0.3.0-1_armhf.deb sudo dpkg -i …/dreamchess-data_0.3.0-1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i …/dreamchess-dbgsym_0.3.0-1_armhf.deb

22 Run Dreamchess dreamchess

(AnarchChess 0.3.0 Development) is printed on command line and GUI shows red spraypaint.

23 Update configuration Configuration -> Engine = “”

  1. Start New game of Human vs Human Board is shown with 2d characters

  2. Begin playtest game

O is Knooks character in Algebraic notation

  1. e4 d5
  2. exd5 c5
  3. dxc6 f6
  4. cxb7 f5
  5. bxa8=O f4
  6. Ob6 (Note: O is shown as boxy square, known bug)
  • @Possible_EmuWranglerOPMEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Its butchered the formatting, but im it should still be workable, please ask if you have any questions.