- Update to xboard 4.6.0 - Remove code patch (fixed upstream) - Honour WITHOUT_NLS to disable NLS support (new in this version) Feature safe: yes3510c262f4
Port details
games/xboard 4.9.1_4
X frontend for Crafty, GNUChess, Chess Servers, or e-mail chess
Port info
- Maintainer
- mbeis@xs4all.nl
- Packages
- latest: 4.9.1_4
- Upstream
- up to date
- Last update
- to 4.9.1_4 · f78b1814a7
- Quarterly
- 2026Q4: 4.9.1_4
- WWW
- https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/
- Links
- cgit · VuXML
Install
- Package
# pkg install xboardinstalls 4.9.1_4 fromlatest; fromquarterly(2026Q4) 4.9.1_4- Port
# cd /usr/ports/games/xboard && make install clean# make -C /usr/ports/games/xboard config # change options first
- Size
- 1.3 MiB download · 4.6 MiB installed
- Depends on
- devel/desktop-file-utils 0.28, devel/gettext-runtime 1.0_1, devel/glib20 2.88.3,2, games/fairymax 5.0b.20160316.1_2, graphics/cairo 1.18.2,3, graphics/gdk-pixbuf2 2.44.1, graphics/librsvg2-rust 2.62.3_3, misc/shared-mime-info 2.4_2, print/indexinfo 0.3.1_1, x11-toolkits/libXaw 1.0.16,2, x11-toolkits/libXmu 1.3.1,1, x11-toolkits/libXt 1.3.1,1, x11/libICE 1.1.2,1, x11/libSM 1.2.6,1, x11/libX11 1.8.14,1, x11/libXpm 3.5.20
- License
- GPLv3
- Options
- 4 of 13 on in the package: DOCS FAIRYMAX NLS XAW
Show the 9 options that are off
ALSA CRAFTY GNUCHESS GTK2 KNIGHTCAP PHALANX SOX XAW3D ZIPPY
Packages by version and architecture
latest
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 16 | 4.9.1_4 | 4.9.1_4 | – |
| FreeBSD 15 | 4.9.1_4 | 4.9.1_4 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 4.9.1_4 | 4.9.1_4 | 4.9.1_4 |
quarterly (2026Q4)
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 15 | 4.9.1_4 | 4.9.1_4 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 4.9.1_4 | 4.9.1_4 | 4.9.1_4 |
version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.
Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)
No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by
pkg audit for the packaged version 4.9.1_4.Fixed (0)
No VuXML entries for this package.
Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first
None.
Commits (115)
Update xboard to 4.5.3e0b97bfc06
Correct function definition (to fix building with clang)77cd83952d
Update xboard to 4.5.213ac333f78
Add xboard OPTIONS to install optional chess engine backends. PR: ports/156592 Submitted by: Kalten <kalten@gmx.at>58f0a013d1
Update xboard to 4.5.176271846df
Update xboard to 4.5.0 http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.0/c768a3f3db
Update xboard to 4.4.4 (bugfix release)c40f8b0adf
Update to 4.4.3975c8e0074
Update my mail address to @FreeBSD.org Feature safe: yes532e84e129
- Update to 4.4.2 - Remove autotools run and another patch that's no longer requiredfe7dc8ad00
- Update to 4.4.1 (many minor bugfixes) - This release no longer includes the pxboard and zic2xpm scriptsabd3dffa93
- Update to 4.4.0 - Use PLIST_FILES rather than pkg-plist Feature safe: yes7bf61596df
- Update to 4.4.0 - Use autotools (unfortunately required) - WITH_XAW3D is now set using OPTIONS - Add patch to install supported scripts included in older versions - Add patch to set gnuchessx as engine (like in older versions) Feature safe: yesd5a103fe04
Mark as broken on sparc64: fails to install (problem with texi2html). Hat: portmgre24898dac6
- Fix build (remove unused html file) - Claim maintainership - Remove unneeded patchfiles - Fix build dependencies7f83437f2f
Mark BROKEN: does not build.6a9066d778
- Update X.org ports to 7.4+ (few ports are more recent than the katamari). - Bump PORTREVISION for all ports depending on libglut since the shlib version number went from 4 to 3. - Bump PORTREVISION for all ports depending on libXaw as libXaw.so.8 isn't installed anymore. - Couple of ports fixes (mostly missing xorg components added to USE_XORG).340b57f8be
- Remove unneeded dependency from gtk12/gtk20 [1] - Remove USE_XLIB/USE_X_PREFIX/USE_XPM in favor of USE_XORG - Remove X11BASE support in favor of LOCALBASE or PREFIX - Use USE_LDCONFIG instead of INSTALLS_SHLIB - Remove unneeded USE_GCC 3.4+ Thanks to all Helpers: Dmitry Marakasov, Chess Griffin, beech@, dinoex, rafan, gahr, ehaupt, nox, itetcu, flz, pav PR: 116263 Tested on: pointyhat Approved by: portmgr (pav)3e4ed01146
- Depend explicitly on USE_XORG= xt xpm xaw - Bump PORTREVISION Approved by: garga (mentor, implicit)7aa4c7ab5c
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/. - Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}. - Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.d4f0d0048aMaintainer is busy right now, and suggests that someone else might be better able to maintain these ports. We hope to see him back again soon. Hat: portmgr36b89175ea
Remove USE_REINPLACE for categories starting with a Gff21f59f9f
SHA256ify Approved by: krion@c94783fe5c
Revert the previous change since the problem of texi2html has been fixed.2cf8ede2fa
Unbreak the build. Approved by: Mark Huizer (xaa at timewasters dot nl) (maintainer)33e15d970f
- Update to 4.2.7 PR: ports/67092 Submitted by: Mark Huizer <xaa+ports@timewasters.nl> (maintainer)814d09112a
SIZEify (maintainer timeout)8232e82f85
[PATCH] add xaw3d build option to games/xboard this patch adds an option to build with Xaw3D PR: ports/44854 Submitted by: Kyle Martin <mkm@ieee.org> Approved by: xaa+ports@timewasters.nl9bf0f87f9f
De-pkg-comment.a8edaa568e
Update to 4.2.6 PR: 35052 Submitted by: maintainere660ce5be0
Update to 4.2.5 PR: 33607 Submitted by: maintainera8a63c86b4
Update to version 4.2.3. PR: 25384 Submitted by: maintainer1b70bb3067
Update to 4.2.2. PR: 24996 Submitted by: maintainerce1cd154c5
changed download url, upgraded version PR: 24846 Submitted by: Mark Huizer; Eindhoven <xaa+ports@madison-gurkha.com> MAINTAINER077add5f43
Massive style enforcement - use ^I instead of spaces for variables identation.2b1a883dc4
Update to 4.2.0 PR: 23959 Submitted by: Mark Huizer <xaa+ports@madison-gurkha.com> (maintainer)e1fea419ac
- Update to 4.1.0 - Change maintainer's e-mail address PR: 21479 Submitted by: MAINTAINER6988bd55ef
Convert to PORTNAME/PORTVERSION. The following ports hand invalid version strings so I fixed them: quakeforge, netrek-BRMH, netrek-COW3, tetrinet-x and xnibbles.2971a93e52
Update port to 4.0.7 PR: 17218 Submitted by: Maintainer11ce80ade4
Update to 4.0.5 PR: 15965 Submitted by: Maintainerc7a3be66fa
Update to version 4.0.3 PR: 13460 Submitted by: maintainerc34df950d5
Change Id->FreeBSD.253c66d044
Upgrade to 4.0.2. PR: 12051 Submitted by: Mark Huizer <xaa@xaa.iae.nl>6b9304f457
Remove the test to create ${PREFIX}/share/info/dir as it is now in bsd.port.mk and this helps to unify the check and install.5ce8e8e5c7${MASTER_SITE_GNU} got rearranged in December; let's catch up.5261958626Add USE_XLIB.5805b60f1e
Remove manpages defined in MAN? macros in games' Makefiles.3fc5e40f2e
Update to version 4.0.0. PR: 7161 Submitted by: maintainer6393807fde
Mark Murray says this can indeed be run without GnuChess present.a2b7b4d732