Installing on Raspberry Pi

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koffy
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Installing on Raspberry Pi

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Hello all,

I just got a new Raspberry Pi and want to install folding on it but I can't seem to download the client, this is what I tried:

wget https://foldingathome.org/start-folding ... _arm64.deb

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Re: Installing on Raspberry Pi

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Have you tried installing Linux on the pi?
Have you tried switching it off and on again?
Have you tried again?
How did you try to install it?
Did you try using apt?
Did you use sudo in front of the apt?
Did you add ./ In front of the installation file after sudo apt install?
Did you point sudo apt install to the right location of the installation file?
Have you checked the error messages?
Have you told us what went wrong exactly?
In a minute I will become a new large language model with all this guessing.
I can go on and on until you tell us more information what is going wrong :)
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Re: Installing on Raspberry Pi

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Thanks for the reply, sorry to the lack of info.

I found the proper download link, works now: https://download.foldingathome.org/rele ... _arm64.deb
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Re: Installing on Raspberry Pi

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koffy wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:32 pm Thanks for the reply, sorry to the lack of info.

I found the proper download link, works now: https://download.foldingathome.org/rele ... _arm64.deb
Hm, they are the same files
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Re: Installing on Raspberry Pi

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Same file name, but the first full link given in the OP - https://foldingathome.org/start-folding ... _arm64.deb - goes to a page that doesn't exist. The download links on the Start Folding page points to download.foldingathome.org locations for the files.
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Re: Installing on Raspberry Pi

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Joe_H wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 3:25 pm Same file name, but the first full link given in the OP - https://foldingathome.org/start-folding ... _arm64.deb - goes to a page that doesn't exist. The download links on the Start Folding page points to download.foldingathome.org locations for the files.
https://download.foldingathome.org/rele ... _arm64.deb
This is the link in https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/

Where is that other link coming from?
Oh, unless this link is given when browser reports the OS type. Hm, however, I never had issues downloading it from linux on x86 or even ARM pihole
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