Linux question.

[Bigred]

Today I installed a Linux distributation based on Ubuntu on one of my crunchers as an experiment and I have virtually no experience with it. What I really need is an Idiots guide on how to upgrade the Boinc software. I want to upgrade from 6.10.17 to 6.10.56 to take advantage of the new backup project feature.

[Bok]

Can you open a terminal ?

Once in the terminal you'll have to know where it's installed and cd (change directory) to it..

you might have to be on as root otherwise 1st step is optional

sudo su -
cd /path_to_boinc (this is the full path to the BOINC directory)
cd .. (this will take you one level up)
wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_6...c-linux-gnu.sh
sh boinc_6.10.56_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh

Please note I haven't used Ubuntu in many years, not sure how much it's locked down..

[enderak]

Well, normally the installation manager is under Applications>Ubuntu Software Center (assuming you are using the GUI) and that's where you would be able to update to the latest versions. BOINC has a wiki page for Ubuntu here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Insta...OINC_on_Ubuntu

However, it doesn't look like the latest version has made it to the Ubuntu respositories yet, so the installers directly from BOINC are here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php which supposedly works with Ubuntu 7 and newer. YMMV. Information on this install method are at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Installing_on_Linux under the "Berkley Installer" heading.

[Petey]

That's spooky!

I've just installed ubuntu on one of my crunchers and noticed the same effect.

'sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager' installs 6.10.17.

If I download and run the berkeley installer ubuntu intervenes and installs 6.10.17 from the ubuntu repositories instead

I guess this is because Debian is more locked down than redhat based distros.

You could install Centos or Fedora if you wanted to use 6.10.56 right now or wait for it to hit the ubuntu repositories.

[Bigred]

Thanks for the help guys. I'm just experimenting with running Boinc off a USB stick to cut down on the heat generated by the HDDs.

[AMDave]

Note that if you installed the version from the Ubuntu repository, you *must* fully un-install it before using the berkely version. If you don't do this, your boinc commands will revert to the Ubuntu repository installed version. This can get confusing when you open the newer version of the BOINC-Manager but the client version number (bottom right of the Advanced interface window) still shows the older version of the client that is running in the background. HTH