Information about the package, boinc-manager, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The boinc-manager package is designed for, GUI to control and monitor boinc-client.
Package Name:
boinc-manager
Summary:
GUI to control and monitor boinc-client
Description:
The BOINC Manager is a graphical monitor and control utility for the BOINC core client. It gives a detailed overview of the state of the client it is monitoring. The BOINC Manager has two modes of operation, the "Simple View" in which it only displays the most important information and the "Advanced View" in which all information and all control elements are available.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.2.33
Release:
3.git1994cc8.el6
Size:
1.0 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the boinc-manager package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install boinc-manager
This command will install boinc-manager on the server.
yum remove boinc-manager
This command will un-install boinc-manager on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove boinc-manager, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove boinc-manager
This command will un-install boinc-manager 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-manager when using the -y flag.
yum update boinc-manager
This command will update boinc-manager to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove boinc-manager, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update boinc-manager
This command will update boinc-manager 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-manager when using the -y flag.
yum info boinc-manager
This command will show you core information about the boinc-manager package.
yum deplist boinc-manager
This command will show you the dependencies for boinc-manager. 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-manager
This command will check if there is an update waiting on boinc-manager. 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.