Re: GUIDE: FAH on Linux from scratch
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:33 am
Great news!
I've been able to install FahControl on Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu 19, and it's working! (should support Mint too)
I can start and stop WUs from Control.
The bad news,
The installation definitely went with errors, and I'm only able to test out with CPU folding.
Also, once FAH Control and Client is installed, there's no way to update your PC, without removing fahclient first!
The way to go about, is, I used dpkg to install everything, instead of depending on package managers or apt / apt-get for FAH.
Python 2.7 for some reason, perhaps it's a bug, but is allowed to partially be installed, though with errors, by typing:
Before, the package simply wasn't available.
Now they've incorporated at least some basic access to the installation repositories.
Installing 2.7 in Ubuntu, it'll automatically skip some 2.7 files, and take on the 3.0 files, however it still does install some other 2.7 files.
When typing:
It displays:
Press CTRL + D to exit.
then install FAHControl and Client, by downloading them from the website
Then go into terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and type:
and
Or whatever the version is you downloaded.
The installation will go with errors, but both the Client and Control seem to work on CPU so far.
When I get home, I'll try and see if I can get GPUs to work with them as well.
Not sure why it works, but it does.
*EDIT: I now see why it worked.
If you've installed Ubuntu version 18.04 or 18.10, and do an upgrade to 19.04 (using upgrade manager), some files remain on the SSD.
When then doing an upgrade to the newer OS, an update and upgrade, and dist-upgrade (sudo apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade), it'll install newer kernels etc, but also gives you the possibility to install Python 2.7, or at least partly.
For some reason, I was able to install FAHControl and Client, and they worked, because they were still using the old files from the previous version.
This could be interesting for development, knowing they don't really need to build an entire new FAHControl, but only need a small modification to make it work on Ubuntu 19.04 or later.
I've been able to install FahControl on Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu 19, and it's working! (should support Mint too)
I can start and stop WUs from Control.
The bad news,
The installation definitely went with errors, and I'm only able to test out with CPU folding.
Also, once FAH Control and Client is installed, there's no way to update your PC, without removing fahclient first!
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sudo apt --fix-brokenPython 2.7 for some reason, perhaps it's a bug, but is allowed to partially be installed, though with errors, by typing:
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sudo apt-get install python 2.7Now they've incorporated at least some basic access to the installation repositories.
Installing 2.7 in Ubuntu, it'll automatically skip some 2.7 files, and take on the 3.0 files, however it still does install some other 2.7 files.
When typing:
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PythonCode: Select all
Python 2.7.16 (default, Apr 6 2019, 01:42:57)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux2
then install FAHControl and Client, by downloading them from the website
Then go into terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and type:
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sudo dpkg -i fahcontrol_7.5.1-1_all.debCode: Select all
sudo dpkg -i fahclient_7.5.1_amd64.debThe installation will go with errors, but both the Client and Control seem to work on CPU so far.
When I get home, I'll try and see if I can get GPUs to work with them as well.
Not sure why it works, but it does.
*EDIT: I now see why it worked.
If you've installed Ubuntu version 18.04 or 18.10, and do an upgrade to 19.04 (using upgrade manager), some files remain on the SSD.
When then doing an upgrade to the newer OS, an update and upgrade, and dist-upgrade (sudo apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade), it'll install newer kernels etc, but also gives you the possibility to install Python 2.7, or at least partly.
For some reason, I was able to install FAHControl and Client, and they worked, because they were still using the old files from the previous version.
This could be interesting for development, knowing they don't really need to build an entire new FAHControl, but only need a small modification to make it work on Ubuntu 19.04 or later.