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title: Install gambit on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of gambit for Linux - Chess board in your terminal.
url: https://snapcraft.io/gambit
---

# gambit

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latest/stable 0.1.0

Install latest/stable of gambit

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install gambit
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* gambit

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 10 September 2022 - latest/stable
* 10 September 2022 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/maaslalani/gambit](https://github.com/maaslalani/gambit "https://github.com/maaslalani/gambit")

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### Contact

* [github.com/kz6fittycent/gambit](https://github.com/kz6fittycent/gambit "https://github.com/kz6fittycent/gambit")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/gambit#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/gambit#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/gambit#tab-security)

#### Chess board in your terminal.

Chess board in your terminal.

You'll need to connect the interfaces:

`sudo snap connect gambit:ssh-keys`

`sudo snap connect gambit:ssh-public-keys`

Usage:
`gambit`

`gambit [command]`

**Available Commands:**

`completion` Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell

`help` Help about any command

`serve` Start a Gambit server

Flags:
`-h, --help` help for gambit
`-v, --version` version for gambit

Use `gambit [command] --help` for more information about a command.

**Networked Play**

You can play chess with gambit over `ssh`.

`ssh user@host -p <port> -t <room> [<password>]`

You can host your own gambit SSH server with:

`gambit serve`

Or, use the hosted gambit server at chess.fyi:

`ssh user@chess.fyi -p 2200 -t foobar password`

**Move**

There are two ways to move in gambit:

* Type out the square the piece you want to move is on, then type out the square to which you want to move the piece.
* With the mouse, click on the target piece and target square.

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## Install gambit on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/gambit/raspbian)