How To Install boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04. boinc-app-seti is SETI@home application for the BOINC client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is boinc-app-seti

boinc-app-seti is:

SETI@home is a distributed computing project using Internet-connected
computers for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). It
searches for possible evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence in
radio transmissions collected by the Arecibo radio telescope.

This package contains the SETI@home Enhanced application for the BOINC
distributed computing platform. The BOINC client downloads the radio
data which the SETI@home application analyzes looking for signals of
extraterrestrial origin. Results are then send back to the SETI@home
server by the BOINC client.

Note that this package has been primarily created for users of
architectures for which SETI@home does not provide its application.
If your architecture is x86 or AMD64 the BOINC client automatically
downloads the latest SETI@home application if you participate in this
project. There is no need to install this package then, except for
it to take all technical hurdles from you to have your very custom
SETI patch or new compiler flags evaluated. The configuration of
BOINC to find the local SETI binary is all performed by the package.

This package only provides command line application.
The boinc-app-seti-graphics package provides graphic application.

There are three methods to install boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install boinc-app-seti Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install boinc-app-seti using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install boinc-app-seti

Install boinc-app-seti Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install boinc-app-seti using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install boinc-app-seti

Install boinc-app-seti Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install boinc-app-seti using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install boinc-app-seti

How To Uninstall boinc-app-seti on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the boinc-app-seti package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove boinc-app-seti

Uninstall boinc-app-seti And Its Dependencies

To uninstall boinc-app-seti and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove boinc-app-seti

Remove boinc-app-seti Configurations and Data

To remove boinc-app-seti configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge boinc-app-seti

Remove boinc-app-seti configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove boinc-app-seti configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boinc-app-seti

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boinc-app-seti package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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