Pychess wouldn't work for me and after trying other software I settled for Eboard. I can play a basic game with it but the interface is intimidating and there appears to be no documentation. Is there a tutorial somewhere or should I try some different software?
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StarCraft II can also be installed with another alternative method using the PlayOnLinux application from the default Ubuntu repositories.
There is a PlayOnLinux installer script for StarCraft II at the PlayOnLinux website. Click the arrow next to the Source code heading to unfold the source code of the PlayOnLinux installer script for StarCraft II.
Visit the Create a script for PlayOnLinux - Chapter 1: Getting to know Bash for instructions about how to run a PlayOnLinux installer script, including screenshots.
Executing your script
Save your script in gedit, right-click the script and select Properties -> Permissions tab -> put a check mark in the checkbox to the left of where it says Allow executing file as program, and then use the function Run a local script from the Tools menu of PlayOnLinux.
There is also a newer version of the PlayOnLinux installer script for StarCraft II that uses Wine 1.7 that is available on the same website. This update "fixes Battle.net crash and has better quality in-game". Wine 1.7 is not in the repositories for Ubuntu 14.04, however Wine 1.7 can be installed by adding this Launchpad PPA: ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa to your software sources using the instructions found at that link. The version of Wine for Ubuntu 14.04 from this PPA is up-to-date enough (Wine 1.7.55) that the newer version of the PlayOnLinux installer script for StarCraft II can be used with it.
Update
In all currently supported versions of Ubuntu Wine>=1.7 is provided by the wine-development package. To install it open the terminal and type:
sudo apt install wine-development # installs Wine 4 in 19.04+
In Ubuntu 18.04 and later Wine can also be installed by installing the wine-stable package.
sudo apt install wine-stable # installs Wine 3 in 18.04
", is there such a free application in the official repositories (which is where I would prefer it to come from)?"
First there is nsnake that should meet your need exactly
sudo apt-get install nsnake
Two more I found are snake4 this opens in a new window though, so not a terminal game and gnibbles but I could not get it to run.
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