BOINC depends on various software to build, test, and run.
Operating systems
The server components run on flavors of Unix.
We develop on Solaris 2.6-2.9, Red Hat 8,
and Debian Linux stable and unstable, so those currently work out-of-the-box.
Other Unix-like systems should work without too much configuration.
Other software
Required for compiling:
- GNU C++ 2.95 or 3.0-3.3
- Other GNU development tools: gmake, gzip, etc.
Required on the database server:
- MySQL server 3.23+ or 4.0+
(package
mysql-server).
After installing and running the server,
grant permissions for your own account and for
the account under which Apache runs
('nobody' in the following; may be different on your machine):
mysql -u root
grant all on *.* to yourname@localhost;
grant all on *.* to yourname;
grant all on *.* to nobody@localhost;
grant all on *.* to nobody;
Required on the master/scheduler server(s):
- Apache or other webserver (package
apache2 or apache)
- PHP 4.0 (package
php4)
- MySQL client (package
mysql-client)
- Python 2.2+ (package
python2.3 or python2.2)
The test suite simulates all servers and client on a
single machine, so to run make check you need most of the usual
server and client software:
- MySQL server with permissions to create databases
- MySQL client
- Python with modules as above
- Apache and PHP: can be used but not required
Optional, required only if you change */Makefile.am:
- automake 1.7+
- autoconf 2.5+
On Debian Linux you can install all of the above software using
apt-get install g++ python python-mysqldb python-xml mysql-server mysql-client apache php4 automake autoconf
Windows client software
Required for compiling:
Required for creating install packages:
Macintosh client software
Required for compiling and creating install packages:
- Development Level PPC Macintosh running OS X 10.1 or later.
- July 2002 Mac OS X Developer Tools.
- Installer Vise Lite 3.6 SDK(?)