How To Install boinc-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-client on Rocky Linux 8. boinc-client is The BOINC client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `boinc-client`

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is an open- source software platform which supports distributed computing, primarily in the form of “volunteer” computing and “desktop Grid” computing. It is well suited for problems which are often described as “trivially parallel”. BOINC is the underlying software used by projects such as SETI@home, Einstein@Home, ClimatePrediciton.net, the World Community Grid, and many other distributed computing projects. This package installs the BOINC client software, which will allow your computer to participate in one or more BOINC projects, using your spare computer time to search for cures for diseases, model protein folding, study global warming, discover sources of gravitational waves, and many other types of scientific and mathematical research.

We can use yum or dnf to install boinc-client on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boinc-client.

Install boinc-client on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install boinc-client

Install boinc-client on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install boinc-client

How To Uninstall boinc-client on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boinc-client

boinc-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/36x11-common_xhost-boinc
/etc/bash_completion.d/boinc-client
/etc/boinc-client/config.properties
/etc/logrotate.d/boinc-client
/usr/bin/boinc
/usr/bin/boinc_client
/usr/bin/boinccmd
/usr/bin/switcher
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/8869b8fe18ffcdc20468b06294e96923f01ab9
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/360ed2c31a8a9f43e62ec6a6616c31cb57aea5
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/360ed2c31a8a9f43e62ec6a6616c31cb57aea5.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/a4fd3fbff8a7b4478492d2b45fba1f0a7b86ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/85c572212c4e8b2149ca3d21f86aa8555150e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/15331599c827154f2e34d58a1efae123979cba
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/3a9e7779f9b5f992a45a36c1672fe9d2699671
/usr/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.service
/usr/lib64/libboinc_api.so.7
/usr/lib64/libboinc_api.so.7.16.11
/usr/lib64/libboinc_graphics2.so.7
/usr/lib64/libboinc_graphics2.so.7.16.11
/usr/lib64/libboinc_opencl.so.7
/usr/lib64/libboinc_opencl.so.7.16.11
/usr/share/doc/boinc-client
/usr/share/doc/boinc-client/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/boinc-client/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa_IR/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Client.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/boinc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/boinccmd.1.gz
/var/lib/boinc

References

boinc-client website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.