How To Install boinc-tui on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-tui on AlmaLinux 8.
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 AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boinc-tui.
Install boinc-tui on AlmaLinux 8 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 AlmaLinux 8 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 AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the boinc-tui package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boinc-tui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-tui on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
