On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 04:51 -0500, David Niemi wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 08:10 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 23:37 -0500, Randy Vice wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there are rpm packages for boinc and third party boinc > > > apps? I would appreciate a URL if those rpm packages are out there. > > > > > > Randy > > > > > I don't think anyone made one. > > Just open them in your open directory and run them under screen. (That's > > what I do.) > > > There are tar balls of the source code and CVS available for download > from the main boinc site but most projects (I think) that use boinc have > a scripted version that you run in the directory you want it installed > to. > I have the 4.43 version installed and running and it just created a > folder under my home directory and installed it's files there. I do the same. I don't use their script, I just run it in the background under screen(1). > > What do you mean by 3rd party boinc apps? The projects? when you run > boinc and feed it your distributed computing project information it > automatically downloads the software to run the project as well as work. > I run the Climate Prediction project with minimal problems. Ummm? I didn't say anything about 3rd part applications.... you sure it was me? > > There are other applications around that users have created to monitor > boinc and multiple computers etc which are tar balls. > One can always find the time to create the spec file for BOINC and make an RPM out of it. Sound like a nice extra project to me. Any volunteers? ;) Gilboa
