Upon review of the available BOINC versions located on the download page at the link below:

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

I am interested currently in Linux (Ubuntu) versions; specifically, 7.14 and higher. I see the recommended Linux (Ubuntu) version is 7.4.22; however, the version currently installed on my Linux (Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS) device is 7.6.31. I would like to have version 7.14 or higher so I can process ScienceUnited WUs; is this possible?

Thank you.

Take a look at this post - there is now a much newer version for Linux, but it's essentially still in test.
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=13562&postid=97382

It may not support Science United, but it should allow you to select which specific projects you want to run.

Upon review of the available BOINC versions located on the download page at the link below:

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

I am interested currently in Linux (Ubuntu) versions; specifically, 7.14 and higher. I see the recommended Linux (Ubuntu) version is 7.4.22; however, the version currently installed on my Linux (Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS) device is 7.6.31. I would like to have version 7.14 or higher so I can process ScienceUnited WUs; is this possible?

Version 7.16.5 is listed on the download_all page as a beta test for 64-bit Linux. This is the self-extracting archive version mentioned in the post that Rob links.

David hasn't made an sea version for a while, so that's why it's marked as a beta. The Linux builds are distributed through repositories nowadays: your repo should get it soon, or you could attach https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/costamagnagianfranco-ppa and download/install via your package manager from there - Gianfranco's PPA is automatically updated as soon as new versions are seen (and reverted if they turn out to be buggy).

Thank you robsmith; I am looking over the reference you provided and posted a question regarding how to install onto Linux (Ubuntu).

Don

Thank you Richard; it took some sifting but I eventually discovered the correct location for BOINC:

https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc

I will give it a shot!

Don

Richard, Perfect thank you! I am now up and running with BOINC 7.17 and processing Science United WUs!

Don

Excellent. Be aware that v7.17.0 (and any other version you may be offered in updates) is a development version, and half-baked changes in future may be problematic - I hit a very nasty bug in v7.16.1 (now fixed).

At the moment, the development line is very close to the newly-released v7.16.5, and all should be good - and it's got you started, which is the main thing. But it might be wise to avoid further updates unless you see a good reason for them, and try eventually to get on to an even-numbered release version, if it ever appears in your distro's repository.

So I'm running 7.17 on two laptops with Ubuntu 18.04. What if I want to "downgrade" to 7.16.5? I downloaded the .sh file, and I'm not sure what to do. I also looked under Ubuntu software, and it says:

Version: 7.16.5+dfsg+202002271434~ubuntu18.04.1
Updated: 3/19/2020
Source: lp_ppa_costamagnagianfranco_boinc-bionic-main

That seems a bit contradictory to me. Anyway, I'd like to use the 'official' release for Linux to give it a test drive.

Sorry, this is probably a simple question, but I only use Ubuntu to run Boinc on these few computers, and it is few and far between when I sit down and Ubuntu, so I really don't know how to navigate the OS at all.