How To Install boinc-client on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-client
on Kali Linux.
What is boinc-client
boinc-client is:
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a software platform for distributed computing: several initiatives of various scientific disciplines all compete for the idle time of desktop computers. The developers’ web site at the University of Berkeley serves as a common portal to the otherwise independently run projects.
This package contains the BOINC core client program that is required to participate in any project that uses BOINC. A central server distributes work units and collects results via this client. When attaching a local machine to a project, this client will also dynamically download the scientific data and executables to be then wrapped by the BOINC core client.
There are three methods to install boinc-client
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install boinc-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install boinc-client
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install boinc-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install boinc-client
using apt
by running the following command:
Install boinc-client Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install boinc-client
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall boinc-client on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the boinc-client
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall boinc-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall boinc-client
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove boinc-client Configurations and Data
To remove boinc-client
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove boinc-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove boinc-client
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
boinc-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-client
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.