I'm running 7.0.65 on 12.04LTS_64bit and can't remember any difficulties with it's installation. But I just installed it over an existing installation of a previous build. It's running on a special partition just for BOINC (20GB), and all data are there on that partition as well. IIRC I've installed 7.0.65 over some older version, if the data are right with the DLed file it was 29 Mai 2013 19:20:10 CEST, and, again iirc, I didn't lose any data. At least my running CPDN-WU obviously didn't crush at that date (http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/results.php?hostid=1061141).
What I did was this: DL the package to the folder it should be installed in and stopped BOINC. Run sudo sh boinc_7.0.65_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh in a terminal in that folder. It installed itself in the existing folder. Restart BOINC by double-clicking "run_manager" in the folder. Everything was fine. What I don’t remember is, which version I installed first on 12.04LTS, back in 2012, whether it had been the (usually outdated) package from the software-center, or just an older version with sh, or if I even just used the old, installed, version from of the previous install, 10.04LTS_64, that was still on the special partition. Am 19.10.2013 00:01, schrieb Stephen Maclagan: > The All downloads page say the linux builds are 'Tested on the current > Ubuntu distribution' > > What is your definition of the current Ubuntu > distribution? > > I've been running the 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my C2D > T8100 Laptop since feb this year, > most of the time it has it's Windows > 7 SSD fitted, every now and again i swap the SSD for the Ubuntu SSD, > > I > tried unpacking the 7.0.65 Boinc earlier in the year, but couldn't get > it to work, > as a couple of packages were not available, so i ran the > repository 7.0.65 build instead, > i've now got rid of that, and want to > run the 7.2.23 build, but it's still the same, > > Shouldn't these builds > just work on a minimal install without needing packages that aren't > available: > > stephen@stephen-SR700:~$ cd ~ > stephen@stephen-SR700:~$ sh > boinc_7.2.23_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh > use /home/stephen/BOINC/run_manager > to start BOINC > stephen@stephen-SR700:~$ cd ~/BOINC > stephen@stephen- > SR700:~/BOINC$ ./run_client --daemon > ./boinc: error while loading > shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such > file or directory > stephen@stephen-SR700:~/BOINC$ ./run_manager > . > /boincmgr: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8. > so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > stephen@stephen-SR700:~/BOINC$ sudo apt-get install libXss.so.1 > [sudo] > password for stephen: > Reading package lists... Done > Building > dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to > locate package libXss.so.1 > E: Couldn't find any package by regex > 'libXss.so.1' > stephen@stephen-SR700:~/BOINC$ sudo apt-get install > libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8.so.0 > Reading package lists... Done > Building > dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to > locate package libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8.so.0 > E: Couldn't find any package > by regex 'libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8.so.0' > stephen@stephen-SR700:~/BOINC$ > > > Claggy > > > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
