How To Install boinc-tui on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-tui in Fedora 36. boinc-tui is Fullscreen Text Mode Manager For BOINC Client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-tui on Fedora 36.

What is `boinc-tui`

boinc-tui is a fullscreen text mode control tool for BOINC client It can manage local and remote clients (via boinc RPC), and allows you to switch between clients with a hot key. boinctui uses curses library and provides the following features * Fullscreen curses based text user interface * Switch between several BOINC clients hosts via hot key * View task list (run, queue, suspend e.t.c state) * View message list * Suspend/Resume/Abort tasks * Update/Suspend/Resume/Reset/No New Task/Allow New Task for projects * Toggle activity state GPU and CPU tasks * Run benchmarks * Manage BOINC client on remote hosts via boinc_gui protocol

We can use yum or dnf to install boinc-tui on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boinc-tui.

Install boinc-tui on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install boinc-tui using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boinc-tui

Install boinc-tui on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install boinc-tui using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boinc-tui

How To Uninstall boinc-tui on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the boinc-tui package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boinc-tui

boinc-tui Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/boinctui
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/56ea9ed1c65acfecf412c145f39e351ad1e298
/usr/share/doc/boinc-tui
/usr/share/doc/boinc-tui/changelog
/usr/share/doc/boinctui/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/boinc-tui
/usr/share/licenses/boinc-tui/gpl-3.0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/boinctui.1.gz

References

boinc-tui website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-tui on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).