BOINC RPMs

[Gilboa Davara]

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