Thread '7.16.3 on Ermine'

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Dave Jackson Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 15 May 09 Posts: 4540 Credit: 19,016,442 RAC: 21,024	Message 61351 - Posted: 23 Oct 2019, 7:49:57 UTC When I went to do a File>Exit I found that the version of 7.16.3 that I got from the repository only has the options New Boinc Manager Window Select Computer Close Window. Shut down Connected Client and Exit Boinc are both missing. I have posted about this on the Boinc forums and Richard has responded with the rational for this change which he does not agree with. https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=13183 ID: 61351 · Reply Quote

geophi Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 7 Aug 04 Posts: 2187 Credit: 64,822,615 RAC: 5,275	Message 61352 - Posted: 23 Oct 2019, 12:26:57 UTC - in response to Message 61351. This is idiotic. While I understand the reasoning from a corporate point of view, how many of the Linux boinc users are in that category? I certainly don't know but this is going to make home users lives very difficult unless you really do just crunch all the time. Couldn't they have two versions in the repository, one for the corporate minions in the sweatshops, and one for people who want and need some control over their computers, what software is installed, and how it is utilized. I don't know how much work it would take to keep up two versions in a repository with this difference in functionality, but if something like that doesn't happen. I won't be upgrading in Linux past whichever version still supports a user-controllable boinc. ID: 61352 · Reply Quote

Dave Jackson Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 15 May 09 Posts: 4540 Credit: 19,016,442 RAC: 21,024	Message 61353 - Posted: 23 Oct 2019, 12:46:03 UTC - in response to Message 61352. There is now a link in the BOINC forum thread to a version you can download from github to roll your own without those bits of functionality removed. Having found the dependencies needed again, I am now doing that. ID: 61353 · Reply Quote

WB8ILI Send message Joined: 1 Sep 04 Posts: 161 Credit: 81,522,141 RAC: 1,164	Message 61354 - Posted: 23 Oct 2019, 13:43:32 UTC - in response to Message 61353. Where exactly is the "BOINC forum thread"? ID: 61354 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 61355 - Posted: 23 Oct 2019, 13:46:30 UTC Try the link which is the bottom line in Dave's first post. :) ID: 61355 · Reply Quote

Dave Jackson Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 15 May 09 Posts: 4540 Credit: 19,016,442 RAC: 21,024	Message 61366 - Posted: 24 Oct 2019, 5:59:46 UTC Last modified: 24 Oct 2019, 9:18:37 UTC If anyone does want to roll their own these are the dependencies I had to install to get ./configure to finish. Sudo apt-get install m4 autoconf libtool libssl-dev curl libcurl4-openssl-dev libwxgtk3.0-dev libnotify-dev sqlite3-dev libgtk-3-dev The last two didn't show up as errors with ./configure but did cause make to fall over. When I did things on 19.04 things were a lot simpler because a number of these libraries were already installed. Don't be alarmed by the brightly coloured warnings flashing across your terminal while running make! Edit: getting a fatal error at the make stage. I have asked what might be causing this on the BOINC boards. Edit2:Rookie error sudo apt-get install gtk2+-dev enabled the make stage to run. Edit3: If I am going to continue rolling my own BOINC I need either 1. More patience or 2. A faster computer! ID: 61366 · Reply Quote