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Package: boinc-client (6.2.18-4) [debports]

core client for the BOINC distributed computing infrastructure

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a software platform for distributed computing: several initiatives of various scientific disciplines all compete for the idle time of desktop computers. The developers' web site at the University of Berkeley serves as a common portal to the otherwise independently run projects.

This package contains the BOINC core client program that is required to participate in any project that uses BOINC. A central server distributes work units and collects results via this client. When attaching a local machine to a project, this client will also dynamically download the projects application's program to be then wrapped by the BOINC core client.

Tags: Field: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Implemented in: C++, User Interface: Command Line, Networking: Client, Network Protocol: HTTP, Role: Program

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  • dep: debconf (>= 0.5)
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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.5-5)
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  • dep: libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2-1)
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  • dep: libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-5)
    SSL shared libraries
  • dep: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
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  • dep: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
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  • dep: python (>= 2.3)
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  • dep: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
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  • sug: boinc-app-seti
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  • sug: boinc-manager
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