Hi everybody,

I recently switched from Windows to Mac, 
therefore I'm playing FIBS with JavaFIBS or CocoaFIBS now.

But I'm missing my good old GnuBG... 

Is there any chance to use GnuBG with OS Leopard?

Or is there any other good and free program to analyze my played matches on a Mac?
Obviously CocoaFIBS hasn't got this tutoring feature, and I haven't used MacFIBS yet.

Thanx for your help, 
hansepunk+

btw, concerning the thread on Cocoa: My Cocoa ist still working, it's version 0.5 Beta...

I am trying to get GnuBG to work on a Mac (G5 with 10.4.11), without success.  I have downloaded the Gnu software ok, got Gnu into the dock and, I think, activated the XDroplets Setup program correctly.  However, when I double click on Gnu in the dock, the icon bounces up and down, but the program doesn't open.  Before that can happen, I get an 'AppleEvent timed' out error message...

All helpful suggestions gratefully received!

stiefnu

If you need GnuBg for 10.4.+ go there:

http://idisk.mac.com/joerg.picard/Public/?view=web

download the dmg file and install Gnu in your Applicationfolder.
It worked well for me.
Don't forget to read the "Readme-File" 

I just upgraded to Leopard and can't get gnubg to work.  I did work fine for me in Tiger.  I downloaded the dmg from the above link and then copied to my applications folder.  When I try to run it just pops up a window saying it quit unexpectedly.    Does anyone have any ideas on how to make it run?

Thanks everyone who tried to help but I have made no progress with getting GnuBG to load.  I have re-downloaded Gnu ~ I had the latest version already.  I have tried to reload X11 ~ Apple tell me I already have the latest version.  I have checked everything again, several times ~ Gnu stubbornly refuses to load.  And I know that, even if I do manage to get it to play ball, it's not going to be able to mesh with CocoaFIBS anyway...  So I suppose I should look on the bright side, by contenting myself with the thought that I don't have to change over to JavaFibs yet ~ which I just don't like the 'feel' of, even if Cocoa does have it's quirks.

Analysis software that I have been able to load is BGBlitz.  It's great for playing against and also for post-match evaluation of specific match situations, cube decisions and the like.  I can grab a screen shot of positions that look interesting and check it out later.  However, it doesn't mesh with Cocoa either and so won't provide a Gnu-type overview of a game, with analysis of luck, player performance, blunders, etc.  Hmmm.  maybe it is time to persevere with JavaFibs after all...

stiefnu

Hooray!  I have, at last, managed to download GnuBG!    Thank you Claudio and Ramses and Teyakis and all who have patiently tried to advise me!  The problem I was having, I now realise, was at the X11 download stage.  For the benefit of any other Mac Power-PC Tiger/OSX 10.4 users, here is what I did:
1.  Insert your system disc.
2.  Double click on Optional Installs.  NB Ignore the folder called Xcode Tools ~ it is merely a distraction, designed to confuse feeble-minded amateurs.
3.  Go through the Install Optional Installs installer procedure.  Don't panic, this is easier than it sounds.  Really.
4.  When you get to Custom Install on "Macintosh HD", click on Applications to find X11.  Click on Install.
5.  The Finishing Up stage says it's going to take less than a minute and then takes much, much longer.  It appears to freeze.  Stay calm.
6.  Just as you are about to despair, yet again, X11 arrives in your Utilities folder.  Where you leave it, untouched, wondering to yourself why the blessed thing wasn't there in the first place.
7.  Download GnuBG from this link, using the GnuBG.dmg. package:  http://www2.capp-sysware.com/downloads/Tiger/
8.  Drag the GnuBG icon into Applications* and then, if you want, into the Dock as well.  Double click on the icon.
9.  Cross your fingers, touch wood, pray to your maker or indulge in whatever other superstition floats your boat and... voila!  You should now have GnuBG!
10. If you have not, I really don't know what to advise, other than the usual cursing and screaming.

*  Claudio, it doesn't seem to matter if it goes into Applications.  The link I found from MdPetch doesn't seem to have a .sw anyway.

Having just switched from CocoaFibs to JavaFibs, now I just have to get to grips with GnuBG.  It will be interesting to compare it with BGBlitz and to be able to analyse my FIBS matches, at least until that option becomes available on BGBlitz in the autumn.

stiefnu