boincmgr command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix boincmgr command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

boincmgr: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: boincmgr: command not found

Solutions to boincmgr: command not found

How To Fix boincmgr: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu boincmgr is provided by boinc-manager package.

boinc-manager is:

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources.

This package contains the BOINC Manager, a graphical monitor and control utility for the BOINC core client. It gives a detailed overview of the state of the client it is monitoring, as there are

  • attached projects
  • running tasks
  • file transfers between the client and project servers
  • statistics about granted credits and disk usage for every project
  • constraints on CPU usage The BOINC Manager has two modes of operation, the “Simple View” in which it only displays the most important information and the “Advanced View” in which all information and all control elements are available.

For active participation in any BOINC project the recommended boinc-client package, not the boinc-manager, is required for every machine contributing.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install boinc-manager

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install boinc-manager.

sudo apt -y install boinc-manager

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install boinc-manager

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix boincmgr command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.