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When I try to install glchess in Synaptic

glchess install

I get this error error

At a certain time I installed the Gnome desktop and a lot of games that came with it and then uninstalled the games. Now I want chess back. When I downloaded the deb file and tried to install it in Gdebi I got a similar error: install error glchess

What should I change in repositories?

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can you pastebin.com the output of sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade as well as sudo apt-get install -f – fossfreedom♦ Mar 24 '12 at 20:12
    
pastebin.com/3DFQ9uGC – cipricus Mar 24 '12 at 20:18
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From your pastebin it looks very much like you have not got the updates repository enabled

enter image description here

Tick this option shown - the refresh your installation before install pyChess

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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indeed it was not checked !! (i guess i was trying to avoid the the repeated upgrade announcements). thank you. maybe question should be edited to become more inclusive and useful – cipricus Mar 24 '12 at 20:41
    
by the way, may i know what image editor you used to create your illustrative image above? – cipricus Mar 24 '12 at 20:44
    
@cipricus He probably used shutter - its in the repositories. – jrg♦ Mar 24 '12 at 20:47
    
its a screengrab from shutter – fossfreedom♦ Mar 24 '12 at 20:47
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sudo apt-get build-dep glchess
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would that work for other programs? i got my answer for this one but now i have a similar issue with installing a dictionary (ubuntudico), which i cannot install from deb because of a similar error – cipricus Mar 24 '12 at 22:34
    
It worked for me while I was having having the similar situation. Maybe it can work – Anurag Sharma Mar 24 '12 at 22:43
    
for ubuntudico2 it doesn't work. for chess i already solved it as seen in another answer – cipricus Mar 24 '12 at 22:54

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