AnkiGammon
AnkiGammon turns the positions you got wrong into Anki flashcards, so you review them with spaced repetition until the right play sticks.
Import matches or positions analysed by eXtreme Gammon, GNU Backgammon or OpenGammon, or have GNU Backgammon analyse your own matches. Each card shows the board and asks for the best move or cube action; the back shows the analysis, with optional score matrices and interactive moves.
- Reads XG, GnuBG and OpenGammon files, and XGID, GNUID and OGID positions
- Filters by error size and by player
- Sends cards straight to Anki through AnkiConnect, or saves an .apkg deck
- Sends positions to the AnkiGammon trainer in the browser
Compatibility: Uses the C library of the system (may need glibc 2.14 or later)
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Usage
AnkiGammon is available as an AppImage which means "one app = one file", which you can download and run on your Linux system while you don't need a package manager and nothing gets changed in your system. Awesome!
AppImages are single-file applications that run on most Linux distributions. Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. Most AppImages run on recent versions of Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other common desktop distributions.
This AppImage uses the C library of the system and may need glibc 2.14 or later. It does not run on distributions that use a different C library (such as musl on Alpine Linux) or an older glibc.
Running AnkiGammon on Linux without installation
Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. This is a Linux security feature.Beware! AppImages are usually not verified by others. Follow these instructions only if you trust the developer of the software. Use at your own risk!
Download the AnkiGammon AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal:
chmod +x ./*.AppImageThen double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it.
Sandboxing AnkiGammon
If you want to restrict what AnkiGammon can do on your system, you can run the AppImage in a sandbox like Firejail. This is entirely optional and currently needs to be configured by the user.
Updating AnkiGammon
If you would like to update to a new version, simply download the new AnkiGammon AppImage.
The AnkiGammon AppImage also can be updated using AppImageUpdate. Using this tool, AnkiGammon can be updated by downloading only the portions of the AppImage that have actually changed since the last version.
Integrating AppImages into the system
If you would like to have the executable bit set automatically, and would like to see AnkiGammon and other AppImages integrated into the system (menus, icons, file type associations, etc.), then you may want to check the optional appimaged daemon.
Note for application authors
Thanks for distributing AnkiGammon in the AppImage format for all common Linux distributions. Great! Here are some ideas on how to make it even better.
Pro Tips for further enhancing the AnkiGammon AppImage
Please consider making the AnkiGammon AppImage self-contained, so that it does not depend on the C library of the system and runs on more distributions: ship the C library including its loader (ld-linux-*.so.*) and use it to launch the application, or link statically.
Thanks for shipping AppStream metainfo inside your AppImage. Please open a pull request on https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/blob/master/data/AnkiGammon if you have changed it and would like to see this page updated accordingly.