How to Install and Uninstall boinc-client Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "boinc-client" package

This is a short guide on how to install boinc-client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install boinc-client

2. Uninstall "boinc-client" package

Learn how to uninstall boinc-client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove boinc-client $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the boinc-client package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: boinc-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.6.31+dfsg-6ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: boinc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian BOINC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1732
Depends: adduser, ca-certificates, libboinc7 (= 7.6.31+dfsg-6ubuntu1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), python:any, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxss1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: boinc-client-opencl, boinc-client-fglrx, boinc-client-nvidia-cuda, boinc-manager, x11-xserver-utils
Filename: pool/universe/b/boinc/boinc-client_7.6.31+dfsg-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 540782
MD5sum: 9a33746a606afac259af16468dddbf2e
SHA1: 4e0936811b88b9abda42c2372c12ebef14542dc1
SHA256: 560d1f27442ac6563fbcfc1dcebea6f9ba89d031f6026d1efd78707af078c7c6
SHA512: d06fd608da73c1f1a0dd481de7caca8377e9af3d6d5f16af4ee9da265b830de665ecb19be6c73885c1e57583ade3e8da0066184437e0646579b6ccc99f75502f
Homepage: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Description-en: core client for the BOINC distributed computing infrastructure
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.
.
This package contains the BOINC core client program that is required
to participate in any project that uses BOINC. A central server
distributes work units and collects results via this client. When
attaching a local machine to a project, this client will also
dynamically download the scientific data and executables to be then
wrapped by the BOINC core client.
Description-md5: 9bd4f63a5f0f805b9edce1e36fefff24

Package: boinc-client
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1732
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian BOINC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: boinc
Version: 7.6.31+dfsg-6
Depends: adduser, ca-certificates, libboinc7 (= 7.6.31+dfsg-6), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), python:any, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxss1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: boinc-client-opencl, boinc-client-fglrx, boinc-client-nvidia-cuda, boinc-manager, x11-xserver-utils
Filename: pool/universe/b/boinc/boinc-client_7.6.31+dfsg-6_amd64.deb
Size: 540736
MD5sum: 753c6533cb8f87ea22b98900ee882c68
SHA1: 8ccbfd65a32a9eead1825a654ccfcc22248b2b7b
SHA256: 0748ceb181b07b5fbf222e34f59a2a885c4084fc8a3ba212cab772b2875bbb89
Description-en: core client for the BOINC distributed computing infrastructure
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.
.
This package contains the BOINC core client program that is required
to participate in any project that uses BOINC. A central server
distributes work units and collects results via this client. When
attaching a local machine to a project, this client will also
dynamically download the scientific data and executables to be then
wrapped by the BOINC core client.
Description-md5: 9bd4f63a5f0f805b9edce1e36fefff24
Homepage: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu