You will need certain software prerequisites before compiling BOINC.

CVS branches

The BOINC source code is maintained in CVS. The trunk is the development version, which may not compile or run. Other versions are tagged as follows:

stable: The latest publicly-released version, generally well-tested.
staging: The version currently being alpha-tested (so at least it compiles).
boinc_core_release_x_y_z: The source code for version x.y.z.

For a list of available tags, go here, scroll to the bottom of the page, and look at the popup menu after 'tag:'.

Source code

You can get the BOINC source code in two ways:

Access the CVS repository directly, e.g. with a command like

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc

to get the development version, or

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout -r stable boinc

to get the stable version.

Browse the CVS repository via a web-based interface (this is useful for getting individual files, or seeing the revision history).

The BOINC source code is about 20-25 Mbytes.

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