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  <li><p>Make sure you are pointing to the binary distribution of Stockfish and not the source. The binary distribution should be a variation of stockfish_10_x64.</p></li>
  <li><p>Make sure this binary has execute permissions: </p>
  
  <pre><code>chmod u+x stockfish_10_x64
  </code></pre></li>
  </ol>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The solution is:</p>
  
  <p>This command right here, as linked: /home/yourusername/.scid4.7/Linux/stockfish_10_x64</p>
  
  <p>It worked for me.</p>
  
  <p>I went into a search and found "Stockfish." Then I went onto "copy link location," and pasted it into command (I copied the Stockfish files in the SCID folder).</p>
  
  <p>I hope that someone finds this helpful.</p>
  
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  <p>name:stockfish command: stockfish directory: /home/user/Desktop/stockfish-7-linux/Linux/src/.stockfish UCI on</p>
  
  <p>Are you sure your exe file is called ".stockfish" and not only just "stockfish". Seems odd that you have a hidden exe file (even that it is possible)</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm installing stockfish to be used on SCID. I followed these two tutorials, using Stockfish from the Stockfish website rather than from git.</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://www.chess.com/article/view/scid--stockfish
  http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/advanced-topics/compiling-stockfish-on-linux
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I downloaded the engine binaries for Stockfish7 for Linux from</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://stockfishchess.org/download/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I read that you need to compile it first so I compiled the Stockfish engine with sudo apt-get install git g++. Tested it with make profile-build ARCH=x86-32 then I went to add the engine in SCID, with these settings:</p>
  
  <pre><code>name: stockfish
  command: stockfish
  directory: /home/user/Desktop/stockfish-7-linux/Linux/src/.stockfish
  UCI on
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But then it tells me that it is unable to start the program: stockfish.</p>
  
  <p>That error is the default response for any error. If I typed in folders that don't exist and a file that doesn't exist, it gives that error too. What am I doing wrong?</p>
  
Tags: <engines><scid><linux>
Title: Why can't I put Stockfish in SCID?
ThreadText: # Why can't I put Stockfish in SCID?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-12)
  
  I'm installing stockfish to be used on SCID. I followed these two tutorials, using Stockfish from the Stockfish website rather than from git.
  https://www.chess.com/article/view/scid--stockfish
  http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/advanced-topics/compiling-stockfish-on-linux
  
  I downloaded the engine binaries for Stockfish7 for Linux from
  https://stockfishchess.org/download/
  
  I read that you need to compile it first so I compiled the Stockfish engine with sudo apt-get install git g++. Tested it with make profile-build ARCH=x86-32 then I went to add the engine in SCID, with these settings:
  name: stockfish
  command: stockfish
  directory: /home/user/Desktop/stockfish-7-linux/Linux/src/.stockfish
  UCI on
  
  But then it tells me that it is unable to start the program: stockfish.
  That error is the default response for any error. If I typed in folders that don't exist and a file that doesn't exist, it gives that error too. What am I doing wrong?
  
  **Tags:** engines, scid, linux
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-06-12. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  In the line:
  
  name:stockfish command: stockfish directory: /home/user/Desktop/stockfish-7-linux/Linux/src/.stockfish UCI on
  
  Are you sure your exe file is called ".stockfish" and not only just "stockfish". Seems odd that you have a hidden exe file (even that it is possible)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I have replaced directory: /home/user/Desktop/stockfish-7-linux/Linux/src/stockfish and also comfirmed that there is indeed an exe called stockfish in that folder, however the same error persists.  
  > **username_4**: Are you able to start th eexe from the cmd line ? Can you post an exact dump of the error you get ?  
  > **username_0**: apologies, I hadn't realised that command had to be the location of stockfish.  
  > **username_4**: Does that mean that it works now ?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-27. Score: 3
  
  Make sure you are pointing to the binary distribution of Stockfish and not the source. The binary distribution should be a variation of stockfish_10_x64.
  Make sure this binary has execute permissions: 
  chmod u+x stockfish_10_x64
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: this was the issue for me. I had to make the binary executable.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2019-07-12. Score: 1
  
  The solution is:
  
  This command right here, as linked: /home/yourusername/.scid4.7/Linux/stockfish\_10\_x64
  
  It worked for me.
  
  I went into a search and found "Stockfish." Then I went onto "copy link location," and pasted it into command (I copied the Stockfish files in the SCID folder).
  
  I hope that someone finds this helpful.
  
  
  ---
  
  