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Donald Fisher

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Message 97481 - Posted: 11 Apr 2020, 10:05:49 UTC

Upon review of the available BOINC versions located on the download page at the link below:

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

I am interested currently in Linux (Ubuntu) versions; specifically, 7.14 and higher. I see the recommended Linux (Ubuntu) version is 7.4.22; however, the version currently installed on my Linux (Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS) device is 7.6.31. I would like to have version 7.14 or higher so I can process ScienceUnited WUs; is this possible?

Thank you.
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Message 97484 - Posted: 11 Apr 2020, 11:44:42 UTC

Take a look at this post - there is now a much newer version for Linux, but it's essentially still in test.
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=13562&postid=97382

It may not support Science United, but it should allow you to select which specific projects you want to run.
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Message 97485 - Posted: 11 Apr 2020, 12:02:54 UTC - in response to Message 97481.  

Upon review of the available BOINC versions located on the download page at the link below:

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

I am interested currently in Linux (Ubuntu) versions; specifically, 7.14 and higher. I see the recommended Linux (Ubuntu) version is 7.4.22; however, the version currently installed on my Linux (Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS) device is 7.6.31. I would like to have version 7.14 or higher so I can process ScienceUnited WUs; is this possible?
Version 7.16.5 is listed on the download_all page as a beta test for 64-bit Linux. This is the self-extracting archive version mentioned in the post that Rob links.

David hasn't made an sea version for a while, so that's why it's marked as a beta. The Linux builds are distributed through repositories nowadays: your repo should get it soon, or you could attach https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/costamagnagianfranco-ppa and download/install via your package manager from there - Gianfranco's PPA is automatically updated as soon as new versions are seen (and reverted if they turn out to be buggy).
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Message 97518 - Posted: 12 Apr 2020, 7:24:00 UTC - in response to Message 97484.  

Thank you robsmith; I am looking over the reference you provided and posted a question regarding how to install onto Linux (Ubuntu).

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Message 97519 - Posted: 12 Apr 2020, 7:26:43 UTC - in response to Message 97485.  
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Thank you Richard; it took some sifting but I eventually discovered the correct location for BOINC:

https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc

I will give it a shot!

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Message 97520 - Posted: 12 Apr 2020, 8:05:16 UTC - in response to Message 97519.  

Richard, Perfect thank you! I am now up and running with BOINC 7.17 and processing Science United WUs!

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Message 97521 - Posted: 12 Apr 2020, 8:16:45 UTC - in response to Message 97520.  

Excellent. Be aware that v7.17.0 (and any other version you may be offered in updates) is a development version, and half-baked changes in future may be problematic - I hit a very nasty bug in v7.16.1 (now fixed).

At the moment, the development line is very close to the newly-released v7.16.5, and all should be good - and it's got you started, which is the main thing. But it might be wise to avoid further updates unless you see a good reason for them, and try eventually to get on to an even-numbered release version, if it ever appears in your distro's repository.
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Message 97564 - Posted: 14 Apr 2020, 2:50:08 UTC

So I'm running 7.17 on two laptops with Ubuntu 18.04. What if I want to "downgrade" to 7.16.5? I downloaded the .sh file, and I'm not sure what to do. I also looked under Ubuntu software, and it says:

Version: 7.16.5+dfsg+202002271434~ubuntu18.04.1
Updated: 3/19/2020
Source: lp_ppa_costamagnagianfranco_boinc-bionic-main

That seems a bit contradictory to me. Anyway, I'd like to use the 'official' release for Linux to give it a test drive.

Sorry, this is probably a simple question, but I only use Ubuntu to run Boinc on these few computers, and it is few and far between when I sit down and Ubuntu, so I really don't know how to navigate the OS at all.
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