(64-bit support)
Tested: Ubuntu 8.04 64bit - Gnome


vulcan lets you play against the computer a chess variant inspired by a certain well-known science fiction TV series.

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Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.
Next installing the libs, tools and -devs to build and install Vulcan.

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential flex
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libx11-dev libpng12-dev

Done.

Download Vulcan source to your Desktop.

Download

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
tar zxfv vulcan-0.92.tar.gz
cd vulcan-0.92
make
sudo make install

Done.

Download vulcan.png icon to your Desktop.

To the terminal;

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo mv vulcan.png /usr/local/share/vulcan
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/vulcan.desktop

add the following;

Then save (ctrl)+(o) and exit (ctrl)+(x).


You can now launch Vulcan by Applications tab —> Games —> Vulcan
or by typing vulcan in the terminal.


Enjoy!

Written and Published by Artificial Intelligence