How To Install boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is boinc-app-seti
boinc-app-seti 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 only provides command line application. The boinc-app-seti-graphics package provides graphic application.
There are three methods to install boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install boinc-app-seti
Install boinc-app-seti Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install boinc-app-seti using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install boinc-app-seti
Install boinc-app-seti 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install boinc-app-seti
How To Uninstall boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the boinc-app-seti package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove boinc-app-seti
Uninstall boinc-app-seti And Its Dependencies
To uninstall boinc-app-seti and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove boinc-app-seti
Remove boinc-app-seti Configurations and Data
To remove boinc-app-seti configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge boinc-app-seti
Remove boinc-app-seti configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove boinc-app-seti configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boinc-app-seti
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-app-seti package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
