the distro doesnt matter

[Viper666]

if you have the tarball, and a list of the depends, it will run on any version of linux, I have not seen a list of the depends which is normal for software on linux, but this project isnt normal. I even saw a thread where Ubuntu 16.04 was being blamed for the out dated unmaintained packages

[davidcoton]

I don't think Ubuntu 16.04 was being blamed. The upshot was that an extra step (download of an old package) was required to install FAH on Ubuntu 16.04. Not Ubuntu's fault. Possibly a missing dependency in the FAH package? It has previously been found that FAH install works better with some Linux package managers than others.

[bruce]

It has previously been found that FAH install works better with some Linux package managers than others.

True, but the critical issue here is that the FAH install has been tested with some Linux package managers on 6 distros -- which is why they're called "supported."

[John_D]

um, gdebi resolves the dep issue on Ubuntu--it downloads the deps automatically.
This issue was on Ubuntu 18.04-4, with a gnome DE. Trying to install with the software installer did not work.
The 18.04-4 version failed to let fahclient run its first install config run.

[John_D]

ok, good, you folks are catching up it looks like. Problem is, gdebi will not install FAHControl on LMDE 4.0 (Debbie) because it says one of the deps packages-- I thiink it was called Python-Gnome2 -- was unavailable. Also, this distro uses Python 2. When someone gets time, can they to fix this?? the newer versions of Mint have same issue. And I am not going to give up all the work I spent working on LMDE 4 customizing it, sorry. I can use BOINC on LMDE 4.0.

[ipkh]

Check out the gitlab discussion on fahcontrol. It has some steps to fix part of the issues. Otherwise as long as the fahclient is installed you don't actually need fahcontrol. Just track down the config file, enter you details and start the client.

[John_D]

Could not find discussion on gitlab. so, installed FAHClient. yes, it should be folding now.

[ipkh]

Sorry its github.


https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-control

[John_D]

Client is folding, can use FAHViewer to see progress, thanks for help.

[v00d00]

Easier to use the web interface for stop/start and to see what its folding (if you can be bothered). Also dependencies for that are a web browser and net connection.

As for dependencies, im surprised no one has pointed out you can run ldd against the binaries to get an idea of whats missing on your system. Then search your package managers for those files to get the packages (or look on google).

[Runaway1956]

The dependency problem was entirely due to the package specifying a very specific version of libraries. Python, I think it was - in fact, I'm sure of it. If a package specifies python2, the package manager will barf after python has been updated to python3, and python2 is no longer available.

Better to just name python as a dependency, and let the package manager sort it out. FAHControl could be force installed, and it would run fine, until you updated, upgraded, or installed new packages, then the package manager barfed again, requiring you to uninstall FAHControl, perform you system maintenance, then reinstall FAHControl.

[ipkh]

When python3 gets installed it takes over the symlink to python. Which is why explicitly calling python2 works.
Ubuntu moved from python-gnome2 to python-gtk2 when they moved to Gnome3 as the desktop. Luckily progress towards python3 conversion is going well.