To install via PPA just open up Terminal and run the following commands:
[code]sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costamagnagianfranco/boinc[/code]
[code]sudo apt update[/code]
To add BOINC go to Ubuntu Software and install; this will be the version you just setup above.Then later update it with:
[code]sudo apt-get update[/code]
[code]sudo apt-get upgrade[/code]
If you get the following error when starting BOINC:BOINC Manager - Daemon Start Failed.
BOINC Manager (Pre-release) is not able to start a BOINC client.
Please run the client and try again
Run the following command (and then restart BOINC):
[code]sudo systemctl start boinc-client[/code]
And to see the current status for BOINC Client use:[code]sudo systemctl status boinc-client[/code]
--Thanks to Vitalii (BOINC developer) for most of this info.