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Hi all,
I've been using Arch Linux for some time, but this is my first post to the forum ... so forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this. Please let me know if there is a better place.
Anyway, I'm trying to install BOINC. If I do a "sudo pacman -S boinc" and install the software, it seems to install the binaries, but none of the data files.
For example: when I install, I see the following message:
""
>>> Client RPC password can be found in /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
>>> (this file is generated after first run of /etc/rc.d/boinc start).
>>> Remove it from gui_rpc_auth.cfg if you do not want to use password.
>>> See more details on the Arch Linux BOINC wiki page.
""
When I do an "ls -a /var/lib/boinc", the directory is empty. Also, "/etc/rc.d" directory does not exist (from what I remember, isn't that a Fedora thing?).
Doing a "systemctl enable boinc" returns me to the prompt (without the standard dynamic link message, any error message, or any message at all, for that matter).
Running the BOINC manager does not seem to accomplish much (as root or user; same response). Selecting "Tools -> Add project or account manager" produces the following text on the command line: "execvp(/home/apye/boinc, --redirectio, --launched_by_manager) failed with error 2!", followed by a dialog box saying "The BOINC client has exited unexpectedly 3 times within the past two minutes. Would you like to restart it again?"
Restarting it again, I see the same error on the command-line.
Perhaps I'm selecting the wrong menu option? I used this many years ago, but I don't recall exactly what the steps were to start new / connect to existing projects.
Still, the fact that it doesn't install the appropriate password/config files seems to indicate I'm doing something else wrong?
Full disclosure: I'm running on x86_64, XFCE4, nvidia (proprietary drivers) 337.25 (not that I care about visualization -- I just want to run the algorithms). Perhaps I should install "boinc-nox" instead?
Let me know if you need any other system information.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
-pye
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Arch used to use rc.d before we upgraded to systemd.
I've opened a bug report for this: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41153
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