![]() I think the latter is far more beneficial. Serving up a step-by-step on how to get BOINC running doesn't really teach the user about living with Linux. ![]() Upon finding such information, the user now has all the tools necessary to get BOINC running and well beyond that, too. I don't want this to sound unhelpful, but I think that users who are struggling to grasp when and how to open a shell are best served by finding basic Linux tutorials.įor example, somebody getting started with Slackware would be very well served to read through. I think several users in the community would appreciate if you could elaborate and post a STEP by STEP instructions as the one I've posted before. Running BOINC as a cron job means that the system merely needs to be running to exec. Some guys don't like the noise it leaves in the log files, but I find it a convenient timestamp to see whenever a job doesn't swap out correctly. boinc 1>./boinclog 2>./boincerr Basically, it just tries to fire up BOINC every 10 min. From $HOME, run this.sh file - it will unpack a BOINC directory 4.Īdd a line to your crontab to autoexec boinc executable every time the system starts My crontab looks like this: # Start BOINC */10 * * * * cd /home/trane/boinc. How To Install Boinc On Puppy Linux Forum boinc 1>./boinclog 2>./boincerr Thanks again I'm one who would not install BOINC as root. As for your crontab, isn't the BOINC folder name case sensitive?Īpparently when you unpack the file it will create the folder BOINC instead boinc, correct? # Start BOINC */10 * * * * cd /home/trane/boinc. I also don't like the idea of running the program as root, but I have yet to find better and easier instructions to follow. Obviously I could Google crontab and read a book about it, but at this point I'm just trying to install Seti and post instructions which would be clear enough for a blind 125 years old lady who never touched a computer in her life, never mind Linux, to follow. I would love to try your approach if you can please elaborate a little bit more, especially about the crontab part. As long as things stay so hard to do in Linux, M$ will continue to be the monopoly it's today. Lets not forget that there are people out there just starting up with Linux and they need all the help they can get and I mean STEP by STEP help. The problem I find with Linux out there is that everything is so 'easy' to do and all the instructions, or most of them, are tailored to an user with already some Linux experience. ![]() My objective here is to create a 'newbie set of instructions' and not for users with already some basic or expert knowledge of Linux. For a person learning Linux/Unix I think the best approach would be getting instructions such as: Go to the Linux shell prompt and type the following: $ chmod +x filename.sh etc.etc. Now I know exactly what it means, but about 72 hours ago I had no idea what it meant. Lets for example take a look at your point number 2 below: 'chmod +x the file'. Believe me I've Googled for days on end and I could not find anything which was as basic as these instructions in Spanish. ![]() 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. Hi Trane, Thanks for your tip, but as a newbie I've no idea in how to add a line to crontab, etc. ![]() Any question and suggestion on this article is welcome at the Forum.Īdd a line to your crontab to autoexec boinc executable every time the system starts My crontab looks like this: # Start BOINC */10 * * * * cd /home/trane/boinc. You need to clean up the drive to be ready for the new comer, Puppy. We are going to install puppy frugally on the Windows system partition, the drive 'C:'. BOINC can be installed on a Linux computer in any of three ways: 1) using the package management system of your Linux distribution 2) using the installer package from Berkeley or 3) building directly from source code. The client and server run OK AFAICS (I only had to install the wx libraries). From $HOME, run this.sh file - it will unpack a BOINC directory 4. I'm one who would not install BOINC as root. Is it possible to fold on puppy linux? Linus Media Group is not associated with these services. Toss Puppy or Linux Mint on it, boot it up, install BOINC and pick a couple of scientific projects you want to. ![]()
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