There are new packages available for Mac OS/X (20110822 Snapshot)

• 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) Intel 64Bit, 10.7.x (Lion) Intel 64Bit, 10.8.x (Mountain Lion)
• 10.5.x (Leopard) Intel 32Bit, 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) Intel 32Bit
  
• 10.4.x (Tiger) PPC, 10.5.x (Leopard) PPC

GNUBG must be installed to the /Applications folder.

If you need support for OS/X please contact Michael Petch at mpetch@capp-sysware.com

Here are some simple instructions to build gnubg straight from source on linux.  The example is using Ubuntu 8.10, but the steps should be similar for any type of linux. [Read more]

Two versions of GnuBG are currently available:

• current MAIN (CVS tag MAIN, current version 0.90): most recent source code (snapshot 20121023)
  • Installation program (win threads, sse2)
    • The installer will automatically detect if your CPU supports SSE2 and install the appropriate executables.To see if SSE2 exes have been installed, use the "Help/About gnubg" menu, "Build info" button: if "SSE.SSE2 supported" should be listed amongst the features, if your CPU supports it. To manuallly check if your PC supports SSE2, you can download and unzip this archve (TestSSE2) in any directory, then run the executable.
  • Executables only archives:
    
    • executables only (win threads, sse2)
    • executables only (glib threads, sse2)
    • executables only (no threads, sse2)
    • If your PC does not support SSE2 instruction set, use these:
      • executables only (win threads, nosse)
      • executables only (glib threads, nosse)
      • executables only (no threads, nosse)

• the old 0.15-stable (CVS tag rel_0_15): stable, but outdated. Use only in case of troubles with the most recent version.
  • install archive (code snapshot 20061119)
  • exes only

Sources are available here.

Please reinstall fully if you have an installation older than 20121023, otherwise you can just download the exes and put them in the installation directory (you may want to rename them once unzipped).

Note: in case of problems with older MS Windows versions (i.e. 98, ME), you can try this older gnubg installation archive.

[Read more]

There are two ways to get the source code:

• Download a source (CVS) snapshots, click here


• Connect directly to the CVS repository (cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/gnubg), click here

 

There are binary builds of GNU Backgammon for GNU/Linux available, both as RPM packages for SuSE and RedHat. Debian GNU/Linux packages will follow shortly.

All packages are signed by Achim Müller. You can find the PGP public key either here or at any keyserver.

The packages are built with 3d-support. They are also optimized for i686 computers with sse support:

Gnubg rpms for OpenSuSE-10.1
Gnubg rpms for RedHat Advanced Server 4

[Read more]

GNU Backgammon (or gnubg for short) is a Free Software Backgammon playing program, licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL).

GNU Backgammon for MacOS X is a full binary version of gnubg, built for MacOS X, and available for download from this website.

This picture illustrates two new features: 3D boards and international support (here, French) [Read more]

You can get GNU Backgammon precompiled binaries for several systems. Or you can get the source code from the CVS or from a tarball. [Read more]