Install boinc (distributed computing) CLI client:
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To install (Ubuntu/Debian):
sudo apt install boinc-client -y
sudo systemctl enable boinc-client && sudo systemctl start boinc-client
*You need to enable + successfully start with systemd or you will get an error of "cant connect to local host" when attaching an account

To Install (Gentoo):
sudo emerge --ask sci-misc/boinc
sudo gpasswd -a boinc video
Also need to be in this directory to execute commands: /var/lib/boinc

To use the BOINC Manager and the boinccmd command-line tool, add youself to the boinc group:
sudo gpasswd -a <user> boinc

Enable boinc service in systemd:
sudo systemctl enable boinc-client
sudo systemctl start boinc-client

*Might need to add the boinc user to the /etc/sudoers file. As well as your current user

To attach project/account:
boinccmd --project_attach [project URL] [account key]

The project url is just the domain name of the site like:
www.worldcommunitygrid.org | einsteinathome.org  | climateprediction.net |

universeathome.pl is eol, comp.ithena.net can be dangerous.

The account key you can get by logging into that distributed computing site and getting the key from usually your profile or account page.
You can have multiple projects/accounts attached.

*Computers can take up to 48 hours to show on account, so be patient!

To log out of all accounts use this command:
sudo boinccmd --quit



Date: July 2023

Update: January 1st 2024:
To help start a safe sutdown of boinic (for when you want to uninstall boinic, but want all tasks to complete): run these sries of commands:

1. Ask for no more work:
sudo boinccmd --project einsteinathome.org  nomorework
*It will take many hours to finish completing the work.

2. Detach project safely:
sudo boinccmd --project einsteinathome.org detach_when_done
*This will gracefully shut down project.

3.Uninstall boinc:
sudo apt purge boinc-client
sudo emerge --remove sci-misc/boinc

Sources:
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms/viewMyProfile.do
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/download/debian
https://dc.sheridon.de/how-to-install-boinc-start-world-community-grid-on-linux-command-line
https://universeathome.pl/universe/home.php
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Boinccmd_tool
https://climateprediction.net
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Project_list (Historic list)
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (Current List as of Nov 2024)
https://comp.ithena.net/usr/about.php
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/BOINC
https://github.com/BOINC/boinc
https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/5775
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/article.s?articleId=814 (Africa Rainfall project restarted Fall 2024)
https://cpdn.org (climateprediction.net new domain | University of Oxford)
https://root.ithena.net/usr/ (iThena.Measurements)
https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/ithena (iThena Wiki)
einsteinathome.org