Problems to install BOINC on linux mint 11
22 Jan 2012 6:01:05 UTC
Topic 196148
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Hi,
now BOINC is running on a win 7 system, i have an other laptop with linux mint 11 and i´ve tried to install BOINC on it. the download file was a sh file, i´ve tried to run sh in the terminal, but it didn´t work.
do someone here know why it didn´t work? and how to solve the problem?
i´m a new linux user, please explain it easy.
nice greats
kleo
Problems to install BOINC on linux mint 11
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I don't know mint 11 but perhaps it lacks some libraries. On my SuSE Linux 11.1 I am using BOINC 6.10.58 but 6.12.34 won't even start. Try getting a copy of 6.10.58.
Tullio
Oh thank´s a lot für your
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Oh thank´s a lot für your answer and the tip, i will try it.
RE: Hi, now BOINC is
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Hi!
From your description it's not entirely clear what exactly is the problem: installing BOINC in the first place or running the installed BOINC.
After downloading the *.sh install file, you need to run
chmod u+x name_of_install_file.sh
to make it executable.
then you can run it like this
./name_of_install_file.sh
That will create a BOINC subdirectory under your working directory.
Please let us know where exactly the problem is so we can better guide you through the installation process.
HB
You have two ways you can run
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You have two ways you can run BOINC in Linux. The first is to use boinc and boinccmd via the console. This is console only and will not give you a GUI. The second way is to use boincmgr which is a GUI. Once you install boinc and go into the BOINC directory, here are the two ways to attach to the project.
#1 Console
cd BOINC
./boinc --allow_remote_gui_rpc &
./boinccmd --project_attach http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
The allow_remote_gui_rpc flag is optional and used for remote administrating your system via another computer using BOINC manager or boincview. The account key can be found in your account settings via this website.
#2 GUI
cd BOINC
./boincmgr
Select Tools Add project or account manager
Next
Select Einstein@Home
Enter your login information and finish setup
Worst case scenario, you might have some missing libraries with running boincmgr. This could be from trying to run the 32-bit BOINC in 64-bit Linux without having IA32 support and libraries enabled. The console method requires far less libraries and should work with glibc and libz installed.