First off I've been using the costamagna PPA for quite some time but this should only affect what version you end up with.
After a Software Manager install I think it's actually installed and running under systemd. IF 'sudo systemctl status boinc-client' reports it as 'loaded' but 'inactive' you just need to do 'sudo systemctl start boinc-client'.
For the manager, post Mint v20.3, I have to open a terminal and enter '/usr/bin/boincmgr' to start the manager. This works on both my v21.3 and v22 boxes.
I keep meaning to dig into this but just haven't got to it. I think it's a permissions/security thing. Strange that I'm not having to 'sudo' to start the boincmgr.
Can be fixed a couple of different ways. If using the gui, then just update the desktop file to point at the proper location of the Manager binary paths.
First check your $PATH environment variable with echo $PATH in the terminal. Should report /usr/bin in the path as that is standard.
Next check that your user is in both the sudo and boinc groups. groups $USER
Debian at one point used to ship a BOINC client that was disabled. Do a "sudo systemctl status boinc-client". Check if it says its enabled or disabled.
To enable the service do a "sudo systemctl enable boinc-client". That way when the system starts it will start the BOINC client automatically. If you want to disable it you can type "sudo systemctl disable boinc-client" which means it won't start automatically.
Ubuntu itself is based on
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Ubuntu itself is based on Debian.
they're all Debian derivatives. and all very similar with only slight differences.
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First off I've been using the
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First off I've been using the costamagna PPA for quite some time but this should only affect what version you end up with.
After a Software Manager install I think it's actually installed and running under systemd. IF 'sudo systemctl status boinc-client' reports it as 'loaded' but 'inactive' you just need to do 'sudo systemctl start boinc-client'.
For the manager, post Mint v20.3, I have to open a terminal and enter '/usr/bin/boincmgr' to start the manager. This works on both my v21.3 and v22 boxes.
I keep meaning to dig into this but just haven't got to it. I think it's a permissions/security thing. Strange that I'm not having to 'sudo' to start the boincmgr.
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Can be fixed a couple of
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Can be fixed a couple of different ways. If using the gui, then just update the desktop file to point at the proper location of the Manager binary paths.
First check your $PATH environment variable with echo $PATH in the terminal. Should report /usr/bin in the path as that is standard.
Next check that your user is in both the sudo and boinc groups. groups $USER
If not then add the user to the boinc groups.
sudo usermod -a -G boinc $USER
exec su $USER
sudo systemctl restart boinc-client
Debian used to ship a BOINC
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Debian at one point used to ship a BOINC client that was disabled. Do a "sudo systemctl status boinc-client". Check if it says its enabled or disabled.
To enable the service do a "sudo systemctl enable boinc-client". That way when the system starts it will start the BOINC client automatically. If you want to disable it you can type "sudo systemctl disable boinc-client" which means it won't start automatically.
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