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Message 45446 - Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 12:35:28 UTC

I've installed Boinc 64-bit in a 64-bit Ubuntu, but after opening the Boinc Manager and clicking "Help" > "About BOINC Manager", it says after the number of the version "x86" instead of "x64". Why is this?
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Message 45447 - Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 12:50:31 UTC - in response to Message 45446.  

1. Where did you get this BOINC from, Berkeley or Ubuntu repositories?
2. What is the name of the BOINC installer file (if you have it)?
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Message 45451 - Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 13:04:15 UTC - in response to Message 45447.  

1. I downloaded it from http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php

under:

Download BOINC
7.0.28 para Linux x64 (2.95 MB)

2. boinc_7.0.28_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh

Thank you for your time!
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Message 45452 - Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 13:16:33 UTC - in response to Message 45451.  

I'll ask the developer.

However, do know that it won't matter much. The thing actually doing all the managing and such is the BOINC client binary. BOINC Manager is just a GUI, a graphical user interface that allows you to give commands to the client in an easier way. It doesn't need to be 64bit, as it will never be able to use up 4GB of memory or more.
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