boinctui command not found

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

Introduction

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

boinctui: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: boinctui: command not found

Solutions to boinctui: command not found

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

In Ubuntu boinctui is provided by boinctui package.

boinctui is:

boinctui is a fullscreen text mode control tool for BOINC client It can manage local and remote clients (via boinc RPC), and allows you to switch between clients with a hot key. boinctui uses curses library and provides the following features:

  • Fullscreen curses based text user interface
  • Switch between several BOINC clients hosts via hot key
  • View task list (run, queue, suspend e.t.c state)
  • View message list
  • Suspend/Resume/Abort tasks
  • Update/Suspend/Resume/Reset/No New Task/Allow New Task for projects
  • Toggle activity state GPU and CPU tasks
  • Run benchmarks
  • Manage BOINC client on remote hosts via boinc_gui protocol

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

sudo apt-get -y install boinctui

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

You can also use apt command to install boinctui.

sudo apt -y install boinctui

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

sudo aptitude install boinctui

Summary

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