How to Install and Uninstall boinc-screensaver Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "boinc-screensaver" package

This tutorial shows how to install boinc-screensaver on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall boinc-screensaver on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: boinc-screensaver
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.16.17+dfsg-2
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: 124
Depends: boinc-client, libboinc7 (>= 7.16.17+dfsg), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libxcb1
Suggests: boinc-manager
Filename: pool/universe/b/boinc/boinc-screensaver_7.16.17+dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 24252
MD5sum: d6e0dc2a1b68984b4d6170390f9c9192
SHA1: 6fa51b8667bef7e8da55bcc976a586482f7fbcab
SHA256: bc11883f195222fdf0121e9baf4ebcb2ec3f3e12d81e370692c7bc65d5e425cc
SHA512: d6836bb48e50cb901f0f06e7cb1e6a03b5cd072943f65db6567c1f34aab76ab1795dd7d80bc70fb9cc0bf803adcef81ad1932390aba287da66c065bf47ebb56f
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