From: Tim Mann Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:21:07 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Added some info about XBoard on a Mac, from an old email that I had X-Git-Tag: v4.2.8~13 X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1dee9abb16ad6c56065a877cb577fe295ff2f632;p=xboard.git Added some info about XBoard on a Mac, from an old email that I had forgotten about. --- diff --git a/FAQ.html b/FAQ.html index 4d7509e..74435a1 100644 --- a/FAQ.html +++ b/FAQ.html @@ -463,21 +463,21 @@ AmyBoard is available in the Internet Chess Library (topic [A.2

[B.4] Is there an XBoard for the Macintosh?

-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.