Step 1: Download BoincSpy

Piping to bash is controversial, as it prevents you from reading code that is about to run on your system. Therefore, we provide this alternative installation method which allows code review before installation:

Alternative Install Method

wget -O bootstrap.sh https://boincspy.ddns.net/bootstrap.sh
bash bootstrap.sh

            

Step 2: Configure BoincSpy

cd ~/BoincSpy/bin
./BoincSpy.Setup.Console

SETUP NOTES: I will only use your email address for software updates and when your project
             has not written any workunits after a day.

            

Step 3: Autostart BoincSpy.MQRabbit.Sender

Follow the instructions from BoincSpy.Setup.Console.

If you do not want to run BoincSpy.MQRabbit.Sender as a service (Not recommended).

Do the following every time you login:

cd ~/BoincSpy/bin
nohup ./BoincSpy.MQRabbit.Sender &

            

Step 4: Running BoincSpy.Viewer

• Note: if you are not running on a Raspberry Pi, follow the instruction for the linux-x64 platform.
• Using File Browser, navigate to ~/BoincSpy/bin.
• Double click on BoincSpy.Viewer.Uno
• Click the Execute button.

Troubleshooting tips if BoincSpy.MQRabbit.Sender does not start as a System process.

If systemctl status boincspy.service indicates that it did not start, check the following:

• Verify the {user} exists.
• Check that the {user} has access to the ~/BoincSpy directory.
• Check the ~/{user}/log/BoincSpy.MQRabbit.Sender.log for any errors.