2002-04-30 22:22:54 +00:00
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<h2>Installing BOINC</h2>
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To use BOINC you must have the following software
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installed on a server computer running Linux or Solaris:
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<ul>
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<li> MySQL
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<li> Apache with PHP
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</ul>
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Unzip and untar the BOINC release, and compile it
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by typing "configure" and "make".
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Edit your Apache configuration file (httpd.conf) to
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set the "boinc/sched" directory as CGI,
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and to allow uploads to to the upload directory.
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2002-05-24 04:29:10 +00:00
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<p>
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Add the following (with appropriate changes) to your .tcshrc
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<pre>
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setenv BOINC_DOWNLOAD_DIR /home/david/html/download
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setenv BOINC_UPLOAD_DIR /home/david/html/upload
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setenv BOINC_PLATFORM i686-pc-linux-gnu
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setenv BOINC_EMAIL david@localhost.localdomain
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setenv BOINC_URL_BASE http://localhost.localdomain/download
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</pre>
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2002-04-30 22:22:54 +00:00
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<p>
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Go into the boinc/test directory, and type
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<pre>
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test_uc
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</pre>
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This script runs a test case that initializes the database
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with a user account, application and workunits,
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runs the client, and checks the results.
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