How-To: Ubuntu cruncher! Install and forget

[D_A]

If you like that you'll love this.

Ubuntu is a bit of a bugger for not updating BOINC in the repositories but since it sprays the BOINC files around like hippo manure in the file system it can be a little daunting for a new guy wanting to update the client. Here's the skinny.

Open a terminal (via ssh/Putty or locally) and enter:

sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client stop

to stop the client and

wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_6.12.34_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh

replace the version numbers with whatever version you're after. If you're not sure go here and look: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl
This will download the file directly from Berkley to the current directory, which should be your home directory.
Next set the file as executable

sudo chmod +x boinc_6.12.34_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh

and then run it

./boinc_6.12.34_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh

That will create a directory called BOINC in your home folder. Change into it.

cd BOINC

now we'll copy the relevant binaries

sudo cp boinc* /usr/bin/

and we restart the client

sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client start

That should be it. You're now running the new client version. Since Ubuntu pretty much never update it you don't have to worry about it being overwritten, but if it is just do the same thing again to change it back or update to another newer version, or back to an older one if there's a problem.

[shifty803]

If you like that you'll love this.

Ubuntu is a bit of a bugger for not updating BOINC in the repositories but since it sprays the BOINC files around like hippo manure in the file system it can be a little daunting for a new guy wanting to update the client. Here's the skinny.

An apt analogy. I once saw a hippo doing that at the San Diego zoo. Quite impressive.

[D_A]

An apt analogy

Buh dum PSSHHH! And the race is on for the last pun of 2011.

[OldChap]

If you like that you'll love this.

Ubuntu is a bit of a bugger for not updating BOINC in the repositories but since it sprays the BOINC files around like hippo manure in the file system it can be a little daunting for a new guy wanting to update the client. Here's the skinny.

Open a terminal (via ssh/Putty or locally) and enter:

sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client stop

to stop the client and

wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_6.12.34_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh

replace the version numbers with whatever version you're after. If you're not sure go here and look: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl
This will download the file directly from Berkley to the current directory, which should be your home directory.
Next set the file as executable

sudo chmod +x boinc_6.12.34_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh

and then run it

./boinc_6.12.34_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh

That will create a directory called BOINC in your home folder. Change into it.

cd BOINC

now we'll copy the relevant binaries

sudo cp boinc* /usr/bin/

and we restart the client

sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client start

That should be it. You're now running the new client version. Since Ubuntu pretty much never update it you don't have to worry about it being overwritten, but if it is just do the same thing again to change it back or update to another newer version, or back to an older one if there's a problem.

Just had my Linux Mint for about a week and the Boinc I got from the repository. All seems well but I obviously need to get the latest and greatest.

Can I use this method??