I've been trying to install the Boinc software (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/), I could do it in Ubuntu 12.04 but it never worked as well as in Windows (couldn't get it on the systray icons, to be a startup application etc.), but in Ubuntu 12.10 I can't even install it to get the interface, there's a lot of versions and ways to install it.
Anyone knows the correct way for installing and using Boinc in Ubuntu?
Thanks!
You need to install the client software, which will act as a daemon and boinc client will be automatically started at boot time.
Command to install boinc-client
sudo apt-get install boinc-client
You need the boinc manager to have a graphical interface to monitor and control boinc client.
Command to install boinc-manager
sudo apt-get install boinc-manager
Both the above commands can be combined and run together as
sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager
To open Boinc Manager. Use dash(Super Key) and search for "boinc"
If you are not looking for a graphical interface you just need to install boinc-client
sudo apt-get install boinc-client
You can also use Ubuntu Software Center to install Boinc. Search for "boinc-client" in Ubuntu Software Center.
Just install it using the package manager. Package names: boinc and boinc-manager. E.g.:
sudo apt-get install boinc-manager
And it should be available in the regular application menu.
