Posts by old_user8728

1) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : was windows user - now am linux user - need help getting started (Message 3523) Posted 8 Sep 2004 by old_user8728 Post: thank you carl for your reply :) this note is for people running Suse Linux. i figured the problems out myself. what you do is extract the downloaded file. then you create a new folder (call it boinc if you want). put the two items into that new folder. then create a newer folder inside that new folder (call it temp if you want). you now have a folder called boinc on your desktop with three items in it. copy the extracted file into temp. rename the file something easy like boink. change the permissions on the file to executable. open a terminal window while you're in temp. cd .. to get to the higher level folder boinc. you are now ready to run the program. type temp/boink and this should set up and run the program. you will have to enter the two input parameters to run the program correctly. these are url and your acct ID. the url is http://climateprediction.net your acct ID is what they emailed you when you set up your acct (the long-___ number they assigned you). happy computing :) ps - don't kill the window or you might kill the program (i don't know if the process stays alive if you do - i just minimized it and let it run).
2) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : was windows user - now am linux user - need help getting started (Message 3398) Posted 8 Sep 2004 by old_user8728 Post: by very stupid accident - wiped my hard disk clean and had to install linux alone. after several days of configuration, i finally have it working. but i want to be able to run boinc-cp. i have downloaded it and unzipped it. i put it in a folder and try to \'run\' it. (remember i am coming from dos/windows.) do i have to create a makefile? supposedly i have an app called WINE which runs windows apps but i cannot find it. (i am running Suse Linux.) anyways, i hope you can help me. i want to do my part and continue to run cp.