phalanx software package provides Chess playing program, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install phalanx
phalanx is installed in your system.
Make ensure the phalanx package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep phalanx *
You will get with phalanx package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Games |
| Package | phalanx |
| Version | 22+d051004-13.1 |
| Description | Chess playing program |
| Sub Section | Games |