How To Install boinc-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-client on Kali Linux. boinc-client is core client for the BOINC distributed computing infrastructure

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.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install boinc-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install boinc-client

Install boinc-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install boinc-client

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.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install boinc-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install boinc-client

How To Uninstall boinc-client on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove boinc-client

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:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove boinc-client

Remove boinc-client Configurations and Data

To remove boinc-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge boinc-client

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:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boinc-client

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.