Information about the package, boinc-client, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The boinc-client package is designed for, The BOINC client core.
Package Name:
boinc-client
Summary:
The BOINC client core
Description:
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is an open- source software platform which supports distributed computing, primarily in the form of "volunteer" computing and "desktop Grid" computing. It is well suited for problems which are often described as "trivially parallel". BOINC is the underlying software used by projects such as SETI@home, Einstein@Home, ClimatePrediciton.net, the World Community Grid, and many other distributed computing projects. This package installs the BOINC client software, which will allow your computer to participate in one or more BOINC projects, using your spare computer time to search for cures for diseases, model protein folding, study global warming, discover sources of gravitational waves, and many other types of scientific and mathematical research.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.2.33
Release:
3.git1994cc8.el6
Size:
485 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the boinc-client package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install boinc-client
This command will install boinc-client on the server.
yum remove boinc-client
This command will un-install boinc-client on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove boinc-client, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove boinc-client
This command will un-install boinc-client on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove boinc-client when using the -y flag.
yum update boinc-client
This command will update boinc-client to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove boinc-client, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update boinc-client
This command will update boinc-client to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove boinc-client when using the -y flag.
yum info boinc-client
This command will show you core information about the boinc-client package.
yum deplist boinc-client
This command will show you the dependencies for boinc-client. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update boinc-client
This command will check if there is an update waiting on boinc-client. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.