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BOINC LINUX INSTALL

The mailcap file is read by the metamail program to determine how to What he heck does the mailcaps file have to do with the link buttons? Sudo aptitude purge boinc-manager boinc-clientīecause issuing the purge command will remove all project data and any work you have in progress, you will be prompted to confirm this action before it is actually carried out.Īgain, if you are familiar with the Synaptic package management system you can use that instead of aptitude to either "remove" or "completely remove" these packages.I've been questioning there competence for more than a year! It's been that long since they've been predicting the end of seti classic! (I joined the pre-relase beta back in 2003 when they were predicting the shutdown of classic "within 30 days"). To completely remove BOINC from your system use the "purge" command instead: It also means that the disk space used by the working directory is not reclaimed. It means that if you re-install BOINC later you will have the previous configuration. This can be either good or bad, depending. The "remove" command only removes executable files and turns off the client, but it does not remove configuration files or the working directory. Removing the BOINC Manager may also remove other packages if they are no longer used, such as libwxbase and libwxgtk. Sudo aptitude remove boinc-manager boinc-client To remove BOINC from the computer you can use the aptitude command to remove the packages you installed earlier.

BOINC LINUX INSTALL

If you want to use CUDA, install it as described here.

Sets up the client to start at boot time.įor more information about configuring BOINC in Linux, see Linux file permissions CUDA.

Creates the client "init" script, /etc/init.d/boinc-client, and a set of configuration options for the client at /etc/default/boinc-client.

For improved security, this boinc user owns the BOINC working directory and all the data files and sub-directories created under the working directory. Also creates links from this directory to the files in /etc/boinc-client

Creates the working directory /var/lib/boinc-client/ for BOINC data files and the slots and projects directories.

Creates a configuration directory /etc/boinc-client containing files cc_config.xml, global_prefs_override.xml, gui_rpc_auth.cfg, and remote_hosts.cfg (It is a Debian convention that such files live under /etc).

Puts the BOINC binaries (boinc, boinccmd and boincmgr) in /usr/bin.

# Set this to 1 to enable and to 0 to disable the init script. You can temporarily disable or re-enable this by modifying a setting in the file /etc/default/boinc-client: The first time you do this you will be prompted to attach to a BOINC project.Īfter the installation is finished the client is configured to start up automatically every time the computer is turned on. You can then start the BOINC Manager from the pull-down menu Applications -> System Tools -> BOINC Manager.

See also the page Stop or start BOINC daemon after boot for helpful commands for controlling the client.Īfter the installation is finished, the client is started automatically. In this case just install the client by itself, with the command If you have a "headless" computer with no graphics then you do not need the BOINC Manager. If you are familiar with the Synaptic package management systemĪlternatively, you can get packages (possibly more recent)įrom the following "personal package archive" (PPA): This will arrange for the BOINC client to run at boot time, and will put a BOINC Manager icon on the applications menu. Sudo aptitude install boinc-client boinc-manager