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It looks very easy for a person with some experience in Linux, but for a newbie and I'm talking about a person who just download a copy of Linux about 25 days ago for the first time in his life, it sounds like brain surgery.

Puppy linux with seti boinc how to#

Thanks for your tip, but as a newbie I've no idea in how to add a line to crontab, etc. All the instructions I found to date about installing and running Seti on Linux appears to be tailored for Linux experts. Please go to Lamatriz to download the original script if you have any problems.Īgain if someone can please add / clarify this document it will be very much appreciated. Somehow I'm unable to post the script properly as the Forum page keeps changing the Enconding, thus turning double quotes into a's, etc. I'm not sure if this is related to my Linux distribution or if its by design (sorry, but I'm a new Linux user with about 30 days experience in Linux at the most). In my personal experience I was also unable to start Boinc without being signed on as root. IMPORTANT NOTE: It appears that all the steps need to be performed while signed on as root (su). Yyyyyyyyy is the project key associated with your account. If you wish to attach another project to your Boinc Client just use the following commands: If you are in doubt just use the 'ps -A' command and check the list again. $ ln -s /etc/init.d/boinc /etc/rc2.d/S99boincĭone that we can now reboot the machine and Seti at home will start automatically. The next step is creating a symbolic link by typing the following command: If you see them it means that you are now running Seti in your box. Look for two processes labelled 'setiathome_4.02' and 'boinc' in the list. The last command above 'ps -A' will show a list of all the processes running on your Linux box. If we want to revise this file we just need to use the following command:Īt this point, after we have saved the script above, we'll make the script an executable and run it to make sure it works by typing the commands below: Note that the script points to a file labelled boinc.log which will be saved inside /opt/BOINC. Then copy the following script into the text editor window:

Puppy linux with seti boinc archive#

Using Kate, Gedit or any other text editor we'll create an archive named boinc in /etc/init.d: by typing the following command: As mentioned before this process is suitable to a Debian based Linux. Wait for the Boinc Client to complete the process of attaching to your account and when you notice that it's processing a Seti Unit cancel the program by hitting Ctrl+C, so we can proceed with the next step of the setup.ĥ - Now its time to create the script. Where xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is your alpha-numeric account key. boinc -attach_project xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx $ chmod +x boinc_5.2.4_i686-pc-linux-gnu.shĤ - The first execution of Boinc will be done manually and during this process we'll configure our Boinc Client. Now we will change the archive permission as an executable and delete the original Boinc Client by using the following commands: Mv boinc_5.2.4_i686-pc-linux-gnu.sh /opt/ģ - Since the last command above was 'cd /opt' you should be sitting inside the /opt folder.

Open the Shell Prompt where you downloaded your Boinc Client to and type the following: Just remember to also change the script file if you do so.

Puppy linux with seti boinc install#

You can adapt the instructions if you wish to install it to a different location. I will follow the original document and use the /opt folder. The latest version as of is: boinc_5.2.4_i686-pc-linux-gnu.sh and it can be found here: Boinc ClientĢ - After saving the Boinc client to your machine copy it to a folder of your choice. So here we go, straight to the point now:įirst you need to have a Boinc account such as:ġ - Download the last Boinc Client Sofware for Linux. My Spanish language skills are not the best, but I think the translation will be good enough to help the new Linux users out there having difficulties installing Seti. If you can read Spanish the original instructions are available here: Having said that it would be very nice if someone could complement these instructions and add more STEP by STEP details for a script which would work on Mandriva, Suse etc. I'm using Mandriva 2006 and I need to start my Seti Client manually after each reboot. According to the original instructions the script was tailored to a Debian based Linux. The instructions below worked for me, with the exception of the Script file. Here is my translation into English of this document.

When I was about to give up I found this well written documentation in Spanish. I've been looking for a step by step BOINC installation instructions tailored to a new Linux user such as myself for a very long time.