[pkg-boinc-commits] r440 - in trunk: boinc/debian boinc-app-seti/debian

[Frank S. Thomas]

Author: fst-guest
Date: 2006-05-22 11:38:06 +0000 (Mon, 22 May 2006)
New Revision: 440

Added:
   trunk/boinc-app-seti/debian/boinc-app-seti.README.Debian
Modified:
   trunk/boinc/debian/boinc-client.README.Debian
Log:
Add documentation for boinc-app-<project> packages.


Modified: trunk/boinc/debian/boinc-client.README.Debian
===================================================================
--- trunk/boinc/debian/boinc-client.README.Debian	2006-05-22 07:49:13 UTC (rev 439)
+++ trunk/boinc/debian/boinc-client.README.Debian	2006-05-22 11:38:06 UTC (rev 440)
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@
 
   http://wiki.debian.org/BOINC
 
+Contents:
+  1. Configuring the BOINC core client
+  2. Installing and configuring BOINC application packages
+  3. Moving a BOINC data directory to /var/lib/boinc-client
 
-Configuring the BOINC core client
----------------------------------
 
+1. Configuring the BOINC core client
+------------------------------------
+
 On Debian systems the BOINC core client is started by default after
 boot by the '/etc/init.d/boinc-client' init script. In the default
 configuration the BOINC core client uses '/var/lib/boinc-client' as
@@ -29,9 +34,34 @@
 for more information.
 
 
-Moving a BOINC data directory to /var/lib/boinc-client
-------------------------------------------------------
+2. Installing and configuring BOINC application packages
+--------------------------------------------------------
 
+Normally the BOINC core client downloads project's applications itself
+if they are available for the platform (e.g. i686-pc-linux-gnu) the
+client was build for. If this is not the case, one can install Debian
+packages of these applications. These packages are called
+'boinc-app-<project>' where <project> is an abbreviation of the project
+name, e.g. 'boinc-app-seti' or 'boinc-app-einstein'. To get a list of
+all available application packages run:
+
+    % apt-cache search boinc-app-*
+
+If you are using the default BOINC data directory
+'/var/lib/boinc-client' just installing 'boinc-app-<project>' packages
+is enough. If you are not using the default data directory you have to
+create some symbolic links manually. E.g if your BOINC data directory
+is '/home/john/boinc' just run
+
+    % update-boinc-applinks --create --data-dir=/home/john/boinc
+
+after the installation of the 'boinc-app-<project>' package and restart
+your BOINC core client.
+
+
+3. Moving a BOINC data directory to /var/lib/boinc-client
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
 To move an existing BOINC data directory to Debian's default directory
 follow these instructions:
 

Added: trunk/boinc-app-seti/debian/boinc-app-seti.README.Debian
===================================================================
--- trunk/boinc-app-seti/debian/boinc-app-seti.README.Debian	2006-05-22 07:49:13 UTC (rev 439)
+++ trunk/boinc-app-seti/debian/boinc-app-seti.README.Debian	2006-05-22 11:38:06 UTC (rev 440)
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+BOINC version of SETI at home (boinc-app-seti) for Debian
+======================================================
+
+This package creates symlinks for the SETI at home binary and its app_info.xml
+file in Debian's default BOINC data directory /var/lib/boinc-client. If you
+are not using the default data directory you need to create these symlinks
+yourself.
+Refer to the paragraph "Installing and configuring BOINC application packages"
+in /usr/share/doc/boinc-client/README.Debian for detailed instructions.