Installing BOINC on Debian or Ubuntu

##Basic installation If BOINC is already installed, remove it and the PPA: Enable the universe repo if it not already enabled: Install the BOINC client and manager: To enable NVIDIA GPU support: To enable NVIDIA AMD support:

Add your account to the BOINC group:

Restart the machine.

Start BOINC:

To check the installation: You should see in the process list.

Non-graphics installation

If you have a "headless" computer with no graphics then you don't need the BOINC Manager. To install just the client:

##What the installer does

1. Creates the daemon script at /etc/default/boinc-client.
2. Puts the BOINC binaries (boinc_client, boinccmd and boincmgr) in /etc/boinc-client/.
3. Creates /var/lib/boinc-client/ for BOINC data files and the slots and projects directories.
4. Names the daemon boinc-client.
5. 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.

##Links BOINC-Debian Wiki