The Ace of Penguins is a set of Unix/X solitaire games

The Ace of Penguins is a set of Unix/X solitaire games.

The latest version includes clones of freecell, golf, mastermind, merlin, minesweeper, pegged, solitaire, taipei (with editor!), and thornq (by Martin Thornquist).

Includes clones of freecell, golf, mastermind, merlin, minesweeper, pegged, solitaire, taipei (with editor!), and thornq.

Author: DJ Delorie.

Versions for Linux, agenda, irix, solaris, freebsd.

Source available. GPL. Req: PNG library and ZLib, GNU make and gcc to build.

Downloading

Name	Ver	Size	Date	Notes
source	CVS	308k	Aug 10, 2005	Unreleased snapshot of CVS repository
source	1.2	302k	May 7, 2001
linux	1.2	129k	May 6, 2001	RedHat 6.2, XFree86 3.3.6
agenda	1.2	88k	May 7, 2001	mipsel-linux, need png and zlib
source	1.1	376k	Jan 31, 1999
irix	1.1	880k	Jan 31, 1999	IRIX 5.3
solaris	1.1	472k	Jan 31, 1999	Solaris 2.5.1
source	1.0	308k	Aug 10, 2005
freebsd	1.0	232k	Jun 24, 1998	FreeBSD 2.2.6, should work with 3.x

Installation

To install the binaries tar, do this as user root (other platforms are similar):

cd /usr/bin/X11
tar xvfz /tmp/ace-1.2.linux.tar.gz
tar cf - libcards.so* | (cd /usr/local/lib ; tar xf -)
rm libcards.so*

You will need to run ldconfig to notice the new shared libraries.

Then you can open a new shell window and type the name of the program you want at the command line to run it.

If you're using the standard fvwm, you'll also want to install this file as /etc/X11/wmconfig/ace to get these in your pop-up menus (Programs -> Games -> Cards ->).

Building

All Ace programs use the PNG library and ZLib. Your system may have them installed, otherwise you'll need to download and install them.

You must use GNU make and gcc to build The Ace of Penguins.

Unpack the distribution into an empty directory and type:

./configure
make
make install

To cross compile, do something like this:

./configure --with-cross=mipsel-linu

make

The example above is for the Agenda, which uses mipsel-linux-gcc and friends to build. After building, look for libs in lib/.libs/*.so and programs in games/.lib/* (where libtool puts them). Use strip to reduce their size.

Screen Shots

These are 1/4 scale images. Click on each image to see the full-size version. Note that these may be out of date and may not match the actual screen displays.

freecell

golf

minesweeper

pegged

solitaire

taipei, taipedit

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