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Installing BOINC on Debian or Ubuntu
Please read the instructions here.
If BOINC is already installed, remove it and the PPA:
sudo apt purge boinc*
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:costamagnagianfranco/boinc
Enable the universe repo if it not already enabled:
add-apt-repository universe
Install the BOINC client and manager:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install boinc
To enable NVIDIA GPU support:
sudo apt install boinc-client-nvidia-cuda
To enable NVIDIA AMD support:
sudo apt install boinc-client-opencl (AMD)
Add your account to the BOINC group:
sudo usermod -aG boinc your_username_here
Restart the machine.
Start BOINC:
sudo systemctl enable --now boinc-client
To check the installation:
ps aux | grep boinc
You should see
boinc_client --daemon
in the process list.
If you have a "headless" computer with no graphics then you don't need the BOINC Manager.
To install just the client:
sudo apt-get install boinc-client
- Creates the daemon script at /etc/default/boinc-client.
- Puts the BOINC binaries (boinc_client, boinccmd and boincmgr) in /etc/boinc-client/.
- Creates /var/lib/boinc-client/ for BOINC data files and the slots and projects directories.
- Names the daemon boinc-client.
- Creates a user named boinc. For security, boinc owns the BOINC data directory (/var/lib/boinc-client/) and all the data files and sub-directories it creates in the data directory.