To use BOINC you must have the following software installed on a server computer running Linux or Solaris:
Unzip and untar the BOINC release, and compile it by typing "configure" and "make".
Edit your Apache configuration file (httpd.conf) to set the "boinc/sched" directory as CGI, and to allow uploads to to the upload directory.
Go into the boinc/test directory, and type
test_ucThis script runs a test case that initializes the database with a user account, application and workunits, runs the client, and checks the results.