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I've downloaded a .sh file - how do I install this?
I am trying to install the BOINC client/manager which is a .sh
file, so I can contribute to the World Community Grid. I installed the version that is in the Software Centre, but it is 2 versions behind, so I was wondering how I can install the current version (which I have downloaded to my computer). Any help would be great.
.sh
file? I think that what you downloaded is a compressed file with more than one file (the.sh
also included)..sh
file indeed. Running it creates a BOINC directory and gives instructions to run the BOINC manager. However, the project depends at least on wxwidgets and as such can't be directly ran via it's instructions. Perhaps the older BOINC version from Software Centre includes the dependencies though. Someone download the current BOINC client from Softwae Centre, then the.sh
file and try it out. Write steps required to fix dependencies if needed. I would if I had time.init.d
dir), I would stay with the safest and easiest.