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Signed-off-by: Edward W. Koenig <kingbeowulf@linuxgalaxy.org> Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)
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BOINC is an open source middleware system for volunteer and grid
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computing. It was originally developed to support the SETI@home
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project before it became useful as a platform for other distributed
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applications in areas as diverse as mathematics, medicine, molecular
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biology, climatology, and astrophysics. The intent of BOINC is to make
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it possible for researchers to tap into the enormous processing power
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of personal computers around the world.
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Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure
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diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other
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types of scientific research. It's safe, secure, and easy.
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Building
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(1) Edit DATADIR in the script or run
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DATADIR="/home/<user>/.boinc_data" ./boinc.SlackBuild
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to set the data directory in your user's home, or prefered data path,
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and build the package. The default data path is /var/lib/boinc_data.
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(2) If you do not wish to build the boincmgr GUI,
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BOINCMGR=no ./boinc.SlackBuild
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then you do not need to install the dependencies (wxWidgets). See
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README.Slackware for details on headless configuration.
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After installation you need to join a BOINC project:
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http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php
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You can then connect the BOINC to the project of your choice. You can
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also use:
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http://boincstats.com/
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to set up, organize, and track multiple projects.
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To start the BOINC GUI, run:
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boincgui
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or
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boincmgr --clientdir=/usr/bin --datadir="/home/<user>/.boinc_data"
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