How To Install libboinc7 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libboinc7 on Ubuntu 22.04. libboinc7 is libraries of BOINC the client depends on

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libboinc7 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libboinc7

libboinc7 is:

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources.

The environment offers a series of libraries that both the user-run client and the client-invoked scientific applications depend on. With the number of cores per machine growing, and with scientific apps commonly started for every core, it is essential to have memory shared as much as possible between binaries of all projects.

There are three methods to install libboinc7 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libboinc7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libboinc7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libboinc7

Install libboinc7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libboinc7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libboinc7

Install libboinc7 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 libboinc7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libboinc7

How To Uninstall libboinc7 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libboinc7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libboinc7

Uninstall libboinc7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libboinc7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libboinc7

Remove libboinc7 Configurations and Data

To remove libboinc7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libboinc7

Remove libboinc7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libboinc7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libboinc7

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libboinc7 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.