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Under Linux, BOINC has to be installed in a special way. In order to run Virtual Machines with VirtualBox in your computer, the user needs special privileges. However, the standard Linux distribution package manager installation for BOINC runs under an unprivileged user, so it will not work with this project. If you have such an existing BOINC client installed, you will have to reinstall it.

First go to the BOINC download link on the official BOINC site and download the installer, which has a name of the form "boinc_VERSION_.sh". This is an auto self-extracting file, that has to be installed as follows:

1. The boinc_VERSION_.sh file needs to be run, so you first need to give it execution permissions (by default it is a non-executable file).
2. Then you will be able to double-click it, or run it from a command line as (./boinc_VERSION_.sh)
3. After running this application you will see a new BOINC folder, where you can run the client by double-clicking in the boincmgr command.
4. Attach your computer to the project!