I can be reached by e-mail at dapprdano@yahoo.com

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Very detailed explanation and good guide... but are you not aware that boinc is in the ubuntu repos? All that can be condensed down to:

sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager

This takes care of starting it on boot and it even puts an entry in your Applications menu for the manager. After installation you open the manager from the menu and attach with the wizard as explained. It may not always be up to date with the latest version of boinc but it is usually reasonably close with the stable release.

That should work on any debian based distro. I know Gentoo also has a package for boinc (sci-misc/boinc) and I'm sure there are RPMs for redhat based distros as well.

I tried to install BOINC on my FSC ESPRIMO Mobile with Fedora 9 using "yum install ..." as root, but this DIDNT TAKE CARE of anything for the client, only the manager was installed and now complains about not beeing able to connect to the client !

Does someone know whom i have to ask for a corrected RPM for installing BOINC with Fedora 9 ?

MfG, MEX

PS: please reply to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=2896

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... Does someone know whom i have to ask for a corrected RPM for installing BOINC with Fedora 9 ? ...

Seems that the RPM is correct, although the instructions for setting up BOINC need work to be more userfriendly :rolleyes:

After a few hours of trial-and-error i was finally able to start the client, connect the manager to it, add projects to the manager and finally download some WU.

MfG, MEX

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6 - From inside your BOINC folder, type ./boincmgr and hit enter.

When I hit this command I only get "Cannot execute binary file".

May someone help me?

6 - From inside your BOINC folder, type ./boincmgr and hit enter.

When I hit this command I only get "Cannot execute binary file".

What does the command "file boinc*" say ?
Have you a Linux x86_64 and using the 32 bit version or vice versa ?

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india572:/var/BOINC/BOINC # file boinc*
boinc:              ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for                                                                               GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, st                                                                              ripped
boinc_cmd:          ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for                                                                               GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, st                                                                              ripped
boinccmd:           ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for                                                                               GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, st                                                                              ripped
boincmgr:           ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for                                                                               GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, st                                                                              ripped
boincmgr.16x16.png: PNG image data, 16 x 16, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced
boincmgr.32x32.png: PNG image data, 32 x 32, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced
boincmgr.48x48.png: PNG image data, 48 x 48, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced

I used "boinc_6.2.14_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh" on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3400+

After unpacking following message appears:

india572:/var/BOINC/BOINC # ./run_manager
./run_manager: line 1: /var/BOINC/BOINC/boincmgr: cannot execute binary file
./run_manager: line 1: /var/BOINC/BOINC/boincmgr: Success

Also, finally managed to install and run UBUNTU 7.10, did upgrade inmediatly to 8.04.
And used theSuper User Do Command (sudo):sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager.
Found it in the aplications map and started it, also got some WU's.
And for my VISTA Quad, also WU's, nice when something, especially using it for the first time, also works ,)
And I'am about half turned on to LINUX :)

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india572:/var/BOINC/BOINC # file boinc*
boinc:              ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for                                                                               GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, st                                                                              ripped
boinc_cmd:          ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for                                                                               GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, st                                                                              ripped
boinccmd:           ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for                                                                               GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, st                                                                              ripped
boincmgr:           ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for                                                                               GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, st                                                                              ripped
boincmgr.16x16.png: PNG image data, 16 x 16, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced
boincmgr.32x32.png: PNG image data, 32 x 32, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced
boincmgr.48x48.png: PNG image data, 48 x 48, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced

I used "boinc_6.2.14_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh" on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3400+

After unpacking following message appears:

india572:/var/BOINC/BOINC # ./run_manager
./run_manager: line 1: /var/BOINC/BOINC/boincmgr: cannot execute binary file
./run_manager: line 1: /var/BOINC/BOINC/boincmgr: Success

doeas anyone have a solution about my problem? maybe I´m still stupid and didn´t see my failure?!?

Hi Toby,

Yes I knew I could use apt-get to install Boinc in Ubuntu. However I wanted the instructions to be used by newbies everywhere and not only Ubuntu users. Hopefully this will do! :)

Regards and thanks for your comments!

I guess an apt-get install should be working for any debian based distro, wouldn't it. I will try it on my laptop ;-)

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