How To Install boinc-app-seti-graphics on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-app-seti-graphics on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is boinc-app-seti-graphics
boinc-app-seti-graphics is:
SETI@home is a distributed computing project using Internet-connected computers for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). It searches for possible evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence in radio transmissions collected by the Arecibo radio telescope.
This package contains the SETI@home Enhanced application for the BOINC distributed computing platform. The BOINC client downloads the radio data which the SETI@home application analyzes looking for signals of extraterrestrial origin. Results are then send back to the SETI@home server by the BOINC client.
Note that this package has been primarily created for users of architectures for which SETI@home does not provide its application. If your architecture is x86 or AMD64 the BOINC client automatically downloads the latest SETI@home application if you participate in this project. There is no need to install this package then, except for it to take all technical hurdles from you to have your very custom SETI patch or new compiler flags evaluated. The configuration of BOINC to find the local SETI binary is all performed by the package.
This package provides graphic interface for SETI@HOME Enhanced application. The boinc-app-seti package only provides command line application.
There are three methods to install boinc-app-seti-graphics on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-app-seti-graphics 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-app-seti-graphics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install boinc-app-seti-graphics
Install boinc-app-seti-graphics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install boinc-app-seti-graphics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install boinc-app-seti-graphics
Install boinc-app-seti-graphics Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install boinc-app-seti-graphics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install boinc-app-seti-graphics
How To Uninstall boinc-app-seti-graphics on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the boinc-app-seti-graphics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove boinc-app-seti-graphics
Uninstall boinc-app-seti-graphics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall boinc-app-seti-graphics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove boinc-app-seti-graphics
Remove boinc-app-seti-graphics Configurations and Data
To remove boinc-app-seti-graphics configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge boinc-app-seti-graphics
Remove boinc-app-seti-graphics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove boinc-app-seti-graphics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boinc-app-seti-graphics
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-app-seti-graphics package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
