How to Install and Uninstall boinc-screensaver Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "boinc-screensaver" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install boinc-screensaver on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall boinc-screensaver on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: boinc-screensaver
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.16.16+dfsg-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Source: boinc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian BOINC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 125
Depends: boinc-client, libboinc7 (>= 7.16.16+dfsg), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libxcb1
Suggests: boinc-manager
Filename: pool/universe/b/boinc/boinc-screensaver_7.16.16+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 24328
MD5sum: 61a1ea709b146aba04f3b6beb9b7b8c6
SHA1: d871f236b794be94853af891145af608a051e2ba
SHA256: 36d71b73ad0b2668895406620a5b8d90e37c9638bd0b14b480cb7b9a4ffda1e1
SHA512: c7361ad730322a3f0d9470c8e83ef8fb6c302f1db5cd24bc07c19f5ff3e984eb67a2276534b19a4f1fce8c8d1624b9b2d8a3067b98bd2591c7a54b4141205945
Homepage: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Description-en: 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: ba066f78393e8713c0e55232ad35eddf