p.s. this is the second or third time an app works differently in Devuan from the way I am used to it in Arch. probably my expectations are playing tricks to me.
]]>> :-) $ /usr/games/scid
starts 'scid' but it still gives the same pop-up window saying 'phalanx or toga not found' when I try to play a tactical game.
Please post the exact, full error message that appears in the terminal from which /usr/games/scid is run after that pop-up window appears.
]]> > :-) $ echo $PATH phalanx
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/usr/bin phalanx
[ 17:40:46 Sun Apr 17 @ Books ]
> :-) $ echo $PATH toga
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/usr/bin toga
[ 17:40:55 Sun Apr 17 @ Books ]
> :-) $ echo $PATH scid
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/usr/bin scid
I do not know what the output of this command should be but here is what it does in terminal
> :-) $ /usr/games/xphalanx
Phalanx XXII-pg
primary book /usr/share/phalanx/pbook.phalanx, 48749 bytes
secondary book /usr/share/phalanx/sbook.phalanx, 259074 bytes
learning file /var/games/phalanx.learn, 262144 bytes
tellics set 1 Phalanx XXII-pg, 820 kB hashtable, 47/253 kB P/S opening book
[ white, 1 ]
For the record,
> :-) $ /usr/games/scid
starts 'scid' but it still gives the same pop-up window saying 'phalanx or toga not found' when I try to play a tactical game.
]]>echo $PATH
It needs to contain /usr/games for the binaries to be found.
For example, does this launch the games for you:
/usr/games/xphalanx
dpkg -L phalanx scid toga2
/.
/usr
/usr/games
/usr/games/phalanx
/usr/games/xphalanx
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/phalanx
/usr/share/doc/phalanx/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/phalanx/changelog.Debian.amd64.gz
/usr/share/doc/phalanx/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/phalanx/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/phalanx/copyright
/usr/share/doc/phalanx/pondering
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man6
/usr/share/man/man6/phalanx.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/xphalanx.6.gz
/usr/share/menu
/usr/share/menu/phalanx
/usr/share/phalanx
/usr/share/phalanx/pbook.phalanx
/usr/share/phalanx/sbook.phalanx
/var
/var/games
/.
/usr
/usr/games
/usr/games/pgnfix
/usr/games/sc_eco
/usr/games/sc_epgn
/usr/games/sc_import
/usr/games/sc_remote
/usr/games/sc_spell
/usr/games/scid
/usr/games/scidpgn
/usr/games/spf2spi
/usr/games/spliteco
/usr/games/tkscid
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/mime
/usr/lib/mime/packages
/usr/lib/mime/packages/scid
/usr/share
/usr/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/scid.desktop
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/scid
/usr/share/doc/scid/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/scid/TODO.Debian
/usr/share/doc/scid/TODO.gz
/usr/share/doc/scid/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/scid/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/scid/copyright
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man6
/usr/share/man/man6/scid.6.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps
/usr/share/pixmaps/scid.xpm
/usr/share/scid
/usr/share/scid/bases
/usr/share/scid/bases/PLACEHOLDER
/usr/share/scid/books
/usr/share/scid/books/PLACEHOLDER
/usr/share/scid/data
/usr/share/scid/data/PLACEHOLDER
/usr/share/scid/html
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/bb.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/bk.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/bn.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/bp.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/bq.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/br.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/bb.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/bk.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/bn.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/bp.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/bq.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/br.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/sq.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/wb.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/wk.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/wn.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/wp.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/wq.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/mini/wr.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/sq.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/wb.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/wk.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/wn.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/wp.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/wq.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/bitmaps/wr.gif
/usr/share/scid/html/scid.css
/usr/share/scid/html/scid.js
/usr/share/man/man6/eco2pgn.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/pgnfix.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/pgnscid.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/sc_addmove.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/sc_eco.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/sc_epgn.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/sc_import.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/sc_remote.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/sc_spell.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/sc_tree.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/scidlet.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/scidpgn.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/scidt.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/scmerge.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/spf2spi.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/spliteco.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/tcscid.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/tkscid.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/twic2scid.6.gz
/.
/usr
/usr/games
/usr/games/toga2
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/toga2
/usr/share/doc/toga2/README.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/toga2/changelog.Debian.amd64.gz
/usr/share/doc/toga2/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/toga2/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/toga2/copyright
/usr/share/doc/toga2/examples
/usr/share/doc/toga2/examples/engine-interface.txt.gz
/usr/share/doc/toga2/examples/toga2.ini
/usr/share/man
/usr/share/man/man6
/usr/share/man/man6/toga2.6.gz
root@G470:~# echo $PATH phalanx
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin phalanx
root@G470:~# echo $PATH scid
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin scid
root@G470:~# echo $PATH toga2
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin toga2
xfce, standard login (login window, username, password)
]]>Hint: /usr/games/.
Which desktop are you using and how exactly do you log in?
]]>ain libtcl8.6 libtk8.6 phalanx scid scid-data tcl tcl8.6 tk tk8.6 toga2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
libtcl8.6 is already the newest version (8.6.11+dfsg-1).
libtcl8.6 set to manually installed.
libtk8.6 is already the newest version (8.6.11-2).
libtk8.6 set to manually installed.
phalanx is already the newest version (22+d051004-14+b1).
scid is already the newest version (1:4.7.0+dfsg1-2).
scid-data is already the newest version (1:4.7.0+dfsg1-2).
scid-data set to manually installed.
tcl is already the newest version (8.6.11+1).
tcl set to manually installed.
tcl8.6 is already the newest version (8.6.11+dfsg-1).
tcl8.6 set to manually installed.
tk is already the newest version (8.6.11+1).
tk set to manually installed.
tk8.6 is already the newest version (8.6.11-2).
tk8.6 set to manually installed.
toga2 is already the newest version (3.0.0.1SE1-2+b1)
Devuan chimaera
]]>Installed 'scid' plus 'phalanx' and 'toga' but still get 'phalanx or toga not found' message when try to play a tactical game.
Any ideas what else is missing?
Thank you in advance!