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Posted: **Wed Dec 31, 2025 3:43 pm**

0. download fah-client_8.4.9-64bit-release.tar.bz2

from https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/ from Debian/Mint/Ubuntu

1. uninstall the previous version

In the menu "Sciences and Mathematics", launch "Folding@home client"

pause all jobs

then execute the following commands

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sudo  systemctl stop fah-client
sudo systemctl disable fah-client

check that fah-client.service file is deleted in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/
If not delete it with root rights

go to /etc/systemd/system
delete fahclient.service file with root rights

then extract /home/<id>/<path to>/fah-client_8.4.9-64bit-release.tar.bz2 in /home/id/<path to>/
go to /home/<id>/<path to>/

then execute

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sudo cp /home/<id>/<path to>/fah-client  /usr/bin/
sudo cp /home/<id>/<path to>/fah-client.service /etc/systemd/system/

sudo systemctl start fah-client.service

*Check all is right

sudo systemctl status fah-client.service

*ask for starting fah-client at PC startup

sudo systemctl enable fah-client.service

In the menu "Sciences and Mathematics" for "Folding@home client" in "general" tab modify the field "command line argument"
change "https://v8-4.foldingathome.org/" to "https://v8-5.foldingathome.org/"

Launch "Folding@home client"
then click on "connect" to login

return to "https://v8-5.foldingathome.org/machines"
then click on "Fold All"

Check all is right

Restart you PC to check fah-client starts at PC startup.

Enjoy

Posted: **Wed Dec 31, 2025 3:50 pm**

Boys are working on pre-built rpm to be published, so hopefully we won't need tutorials on how to install the client from tarballs

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