boinc/doc/install.html

<h2>Installing BOINC</h2>

<p>
To use BOINC you must have the following software
installed on a server computer running Linux or Solaris:

<ul>
<li> MySQL
<li> Apache with PHP
</ul>

<p>
Unzip and untar the BOINC release, and compile it
by typing "configure" and "make". 
To install in /usr/local/boinc, type "make install".
<br>If Apache is configured to run with Fast CGI, rename
fcgi to cgi in the "boinc/sched" directory, replacing the existing cgi.
<p>
Edit your Apache configuration file (httpd.conf) to
set the "boinc/sched" directory as CGI,
and to allow uploads to to the upload directory.
<p>
Add the following (with appropriate changes) to your .tcshrc
<pre>
setenv BOINC_DOWNLOAD_DIR   /home/david/html/download
setenv BOINC_UPLOAD_DIR     /home/david/html/upload
setenv BOINC_PLATFORM       i686-pc-linux-gnu
setenv BOINC_EMAIL          david@localhost.localdomain
setenv BOINC_URL_BASE       http://localhost.localdomain/download
</pre>

<p>
Go into the boinc/test directory, and type
<pre>
test_uc.php
</pre>

This script runs a test case that initializes the database
with a user account, application and workunits,
runs the client, and checks the results.