Install BOINC in Linux

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Install via PPA



To install via PPA just open up Terminal and run the following commands:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costamagnagianfranco/boinc

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sudo apt update

To add BOINC go to Ubuntu Software and install; this will be the version you just setup above.

Then later update it with:

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get upgrade

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):

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sudo systemctl start boinc-client

And to see the current status for BOINC Client use:

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sudo systemctl status boinc-client

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Thanks to Vitalii (BOINC developer) for most of this info.