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-Because MacOS X has a Unix base, XBoard will compile and run on it.
-You do need an X11 (X Window System) server and client libraries.
-These do not come with Mac OS, but both free and commercial versions
-are available. Once you install the X11 package, XBoard is reported
-to compile and run without changes. I am not a Mac user and have not
-tried this myself, so I cannot answer questions about it.
-
-Version 4.2.6 and earlier of XBoard come with an old copy of the
-config.sub utility that does not recognize Mac OS X, so to build
-XBoard, you'll have to tell the configure program what OS you are
-running. Follow the instructions in topic [B.7]
-of this FAQ, but add the argument --host=powerpc-apple-bsd to
-the end of the "configure" command line.
-
-There is no version of XBoard or WinBoard that runs with the native
+Note: I am not a Mac user and have not tried this myself, so I cannot
+answer questions about it.
+
+Because MacOS X has a Unix base, XBoard will compile and run on it.
+You do need an X11 (X Window System) server and client libraries. I'm
+told that these come standard with MacOS X 10.3 and later. Once you
+install the X11 package, XBoard is reported to compile and run without
+changes.
+
+
You can avoid having to compile XBoard (and GNU Chess) yourself by
+using the Fink sofware packaging system. See
+http://fink.sourceforge.net/ and
+http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/ for more info on Fink.
+
+
There is no version of XBoard or WinBoard that runs with the native
(non-X11) Mac graphical interface, and none that runs on MacOS 9 or
earlier.