Installing on FreeBSD
From BOINC
To build BOINC from source on FreeBSD:
- go to /usr/ports/net/boinc-client/, open the Makefile in a text editor
- change the
CONFIGURE_ARGS=--disable-server
as follows:- on 32 bit FreeBSD change it to
CONFIGURE_ARGS=--disable-server --with-boinc-platform=i686-pc-freebsd --with-boinc-alt-platform=i686-pc-linux-gnu
- on 64 bit FreeBSD change it to
CONFIGURE_ARGS=--disable-server --with-boinc-platform=x86_64-pc-freebsd --with-boinc-alt-platform=i686-pc-linux-gnu
- on 32 bit FreeBSD change it to
- do make install clean
- if you receive an error like "ELF 0 ....", make sure you have installed
- /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc4 or higher
- sysctl kern.elf32.fallback_brand=3
There is additional information on installing, configuring and running BOINC on FreeBSD.