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What is my BOINC account key and where do I find it?
The BOINC Account key is a unique identifier that is used by the BOINC client and the BOINC server to uniquely identify you and the devices registered under your member name. You may find your BOINC account key on your My Profile page.
Why do I have a message that says my Account Key is missing?
When you installed our application, the Account Key was not properly assigned. Please take the following action:
- double left click on the World Community Grid or BOINC icon in your system tray
- click on "advanced view" (if not already in advanced view)
- click on your "projects" tab
- click on World Community Grid and then on the left hand menu select "detach"
- now, go to menu's at the top of your screen and select Tools -> Attach to Project
- this will bring up a panel that asks you to enter in a project URL. Please use: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org
How do I install the Linux application on Ubuntu or other Debian-based distributions?
In order to install the Linux application on Debian-based Linux distribution such as Ubuntu Linux, you will need to run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager
The application will be configured to automatically run when you restart your computer.
You will also need to attach your application to World Community Grid by running the following command:
sudo -u boinc boinccmd --project_attach http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org <Account Key>
Your <Account Key> can be found on your My Profile page.
How do I install the Linux application on Red Hat or other Fedora-based distributions?
In order to install the Linux application on Fedora-based Linux distributions such as Red Hat Linux, you will first need to enable the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository.
Further information and instructions about this process are available on the Fedora website's page for the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux. For example, if you are enabling the EPEL repository for x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, you would run the following command:
sudo rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
Once the EPEL is enabled, install the Linux application by running:
sudo yum install boinc-client boinc-manager
To configure the application to automatically run when you restart your computer, please run the following command:
sudo /sbin/chkconfig boinc-client on
In order to start your application now, please run the following commands:
sudo /sbin/service boinc-client start
cd /var/lib/boinc
sudo -u boinc boinccmd --project_attach http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org <Account Key>
Your <Account Key> can be found on your My Profile page.