Hi all: I am getting a bit frustrated trying to get BOINC running on my freshly installed opensuse 12.1 box. I have tried to get things running two different ways, with each met with failure.

1. I installed BOINC client and manager via the opensuse repositories. There is a bug in the repository install involving a missed-named file (for launching the manager gui) which I fixed. However, I cannot successfully launch the client as it returns an error stating it needs to be initialized. That's fine but I can't initialize it via the manager without the client running.

Does anyone have a proven recipe to get BOINC running via the repository install?

2. I have also tried installing via the latest installer from BOINC. Installer runs fine and I can get the boinc-client running without issue. However, I cannot get the manager to run to a library mismatch with opensuse 12.1 (needs libnotify1 but opensuse provides libnotify4).

So, does anyone have a suggestion on how to get this install method working?

Thanks, Chris.

Thanks for the reply. I understand the issues involved with maintaining working software across all the linux distro's out there. The idea of a symlink sounds like a plan.

PS. I like your avatar but it would look better with B.O.'s face :P

Oh come one, just a little ribbing.