Linux DEB and RPM support

The purpose of this page is to show the last version of BOINC available for every supported Linux OS

DEB-based OSs

Debian

Supported	Version	Codename	End of vendor support	GLIBC version	Stable	Alpha	Nightly
✔️	10	buster	June 2024	2.28	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	11	bullseye	June 2026	2.31	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	12	bookworm	June 2028	2.36	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0

Ubuntu

Supported	Version	Codename	End of vendor support	GLIBC version	Stable	Alpha	Nightly
✔️	20.04	focal	April 2025	2.31	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	22.04	jammy	April 2027	2.35	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	24.04	noble	April 2034	2.39	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0

Installation:

1. sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 40254C9B29853EA6
2. sudo apt-add-repository deb https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/[stable][alpha][nightly]/[Codename] [Codename] main
3. sudo apt install boinc-client boinc-manager

RPM-based OSs

Fedora

Supported	Version	End of vendor support	GLIBC version	Stable	Alpha	Nightly
✔️	37	November 2023	2.36	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	38	May 2024	2.37	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	39	November 2024	2.38	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	40	May 2025	2.39	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0

Installation:

1. sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core
2. sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/[stable][alpha][nightly]/[fc37][fc38][fc39][fc40]
3. sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled boinc.berkeley.edu_dl_linux_[stable][alpha][nightly]_[fc37][fc38][fc39][fc40]
4. sudo rpm --import https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/[stable][alpha][nightly]/[fc37][fc38][fc39][fc40]/boinc.gpg
5. sudo yum install boinc-client boinc-manager

openSUSE

Supported	Version	End of vendor support	GLIBC version	Stable	Alpha	Nightly
✔️	15.4	December 2023	2.31	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	15.5	December 2024	2.37	8.0.2	8.0.3	8.1.0
✔️	15.6	December 2025	2.37	-	8.0.3	8.1.0

Installation:

1. sudo zypper ar -f https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/[stable][alpha][nightly]/[suse15_4][suse15_5][suse15_6] official-boinc-repo
2. sudo zypper install boinc-client boinc-manager