Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-manager on CentOS 8.
What is boinc-manager
The BOINC Manager is a graphical monitor and control utility for the BOINC core client. It gives a detailed overview of the state of the client it is monitoring. The BOINC Manager has two modes of operation, the “Simple View†in which it only displays the most important information and the “Advanced View†in which all information and all control elements are available.
We can use yum or dnf to install boinc-manager on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boinc-manager.
Install boinc-manager on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boinc-manager using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boinc-manager
Install boinc-manager on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boinc-manager using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boinc-manager
How To Uninstall boinc-manager on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boinc-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boinc-manager
boinc-manager Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/boincmgr
/usr/bin/boincscr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/11173f0ce0237ea6d0ceece2f53d26f27c1dce
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/983e2262669a54f76611f5c31acc4433fe43e8
/usr/share/applications/boincmgr.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/boincmgr.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/boincmgr.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/boincmgr.png
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/BOINC-Manager.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/boincmgr.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-manager on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
