BOINC on Linux for the novice

You don't need a desktop or window system to run BOINC, also you shouldn't need to install additional libraries. Just log in and type:

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wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_4.43_i686-pc-linux-gnu.sh
sh boinc_4.43_i686-pc-linux-gnu.sh
./BOINC/boinc -attach_project http://einstein.phys.uw.edu KEY
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Replace "KEY" with the account key you got sent by email.

You terminate BOINC by pressing Ctrl-C.

After that you can simply run it with
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~/BOINC/run_client
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to follow the messages in the terminal, or
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~/BOINC/boinc -redirectio &
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to have them written to a file in the BOINC directory.

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