How to Install and Uninstall boinc-screensaver Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "boinc-screensaver" package

This is a short guide on how to install boinc-screensaver on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                boinc-screensaver
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "boinc-screensaver" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall boinc-screensaver on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                boinc-screensaver
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the boinc-screensaver package on Kali Linux

Package: boinc-screensaver
Source: boinc
Version: 7.24.1+dfsg-2
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Debian BOINC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: boinc-client, libboinc7 (>= 7.24.1+dfsg), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libxcb1
Suggests: boinc-manager
Size: 27704
SHA256: 0ae1712a70390bda3e7002162f5fad87ac663af15b90ae6fb3c8d7256c8d8c26
SHA1: 3c1f65a4c826a51d10fc8cc098dff0bfac19df5b
MD5sum: b7d6d9ae9876ecf17c85059e444b5487
Description: screen saver auto-controlling volunteer computing
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a
software platform for distributed computing: several initiatives of
various scientific disciplines all compete for the idle time of
desktop computers. The developers' web site at the University of
Berkeley serves as a common portal to the otherwise independently run
projects.
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The BOINC client is configurable by the command line or the BOINC
manager's GUI to compute with any range between 0% and 100% of
available resources, and to change that ratio to a higher after
some user determined duration of inactivity. There is now quite
a number of individuals who prefer to have everything presented
with their accustomed principle for setting and choosing a screen
saver. Upon inactivity, the BOINC client is started, and stopped
again when the user is back. To save the screen, it then shows
the graphical progress indication as optionally shown also by
the manager.
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This package is excellent to further promote BOINC, recalling the
effect SETI@Home once had in the Cambridge, UK, CB2 Cybercafe.
Just, when using it together with the regular BOINC client setup,
it is suggested not to have all CPUs used to avoid multiple
processes running on the same core.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/boinc/boinc-screensaver_7.24.1+dfsg-2_amd64.deb