OpenTal 1.0 in a linux operating system

[Michael Sayers]

Maybe someone here has a solution to getting this engine operable in a linux environment. With much online searching I didn't find a solution. Maybe it is out there and I missed it.

[Guenther]

Maybe someone here has a solution to getting this engine operable in a linux environment. With much online searching I didn't find a solution . . . maybe it is out there and I missed it, or maybe it is obvious but not to someone whose expertise isn't in the computer field.

People usually use wine to run win programs under linux (works quite well).

It is also possible that someone, who has it already compiled for linux sends it to you.
The search says Roy Brunjes did it already for Mint 18.2.

Guenther

[thunderstruck]

You are right Michael saying it does not compile out of the box in Linux.
There's a missing header file for the 'floor' command.
In file book.cpp you've to insert : #include <math.h> in line 20.
Compile in source folder with : g++ *.cpp -DNDEBUG -lm -lpthread -O3 -o opental

Kind regards,

Antonio

[styx]

Is this engine any different from rodent 3 using the Tal personality?

[matejst]

Unfortunaly, the new 32-bit versions of Rodent (therefore, OpenTal too I guess) crash under wine everytime one try to change their settings. I am still stuck with the official version, although I have tried all the subsequent compiles.

It seemed that the new Rodent plays a bit differently than the official release, so I wanted to try it.

BTW, for Brendan and Ulysses: iCE 3.0 is a very interesting engine, worth testing and playing with. Thomas Petzke left a great deal of endgame knowledge in the engine, even when he discovered that, Elo wise, it was not worth much. But it's a gift for analysis and for use without TBs. Thomas' blog is also worth reading.

[Michael Sayers]

Maybe someone here has a solution to getting this engine operable in a linux environment. With much online searching I didn't find a solution . . . maybe it is out there and I missed it, or maybe it is obvious but not to someone whose expertise isn't in the computer field.

People usually use wine to run win programs under linux (works quite well).

It is also possible that someone, who has it already compiled for linux sends it to you.
The search says Roy Brunjes did it already for Mint 18.2.

Guenther

Thanks - for some reason I can't locate that page so I've sent the files to a friend in the U.S. for a linux compile.

[Michael Sayers]

You are right Michael saying it does not compile out of the box in Linux.
There's a missing header file for the 'floor' command.
In file book.cpp you've to insert : #include <math.h> in line 20.
Compile in source folder with : g++ *.cpp -DNDEBUG -lm -lpthread -O3 -o opental

Kind regards,

Antonio

Hi Antonio,

To compile it a system update is needed. The linux system is offline for now (there is a long story to that) but I suspect that your solution would work fine.

[styx]

Download Opental 1.1 64-Bit Linux Version*:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zf8541xvaeo72 ... ar.xz?dl=0

*Fixed the compiler errors thanks to Antonio, also fixed the malformed UCI ID-String

[Scally]

Hi,

Thanks to Antonio’s earlier post OpenTal now compiles on the 32bit Linux RaspBerry Pi, however it’s still not quite right.

What is the fix for this malformed UCU ID-String you refer to please?


Thanks,

Al.

[styx]

in main.cpp add "name" in line 39 between "id" and the engines name. like this:

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printf("id name OpenTal 1.1"   [...]

the UCI protocol expects the ID string to look like this.