BOINC just will not work

Question

I have the issue of "Unable to connect to core client" that others have had in the past and their solutions are not working.

I do not have a firewall running.

The suggestion here has already been carried out by the install script:

Apparently the BOINC client is running but this is not reflected in the output of nmap localhost.

Nothing works.

Running Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, BOINC version is 7.2.42 i686-pc-linux-gnu.

I uninstalled BOINC and have been using F@H since then. I'll let you know what happens if I attempt to test it now. — readyready15728, Oct 10 '16 at 01:33
Since I did this uninstall, Ubuntu has a package prepared for BOINC, which is effective. I will accept your answer though I have no way to verify this is my only option anymore. — readyready15728, Oct 10 '16 at 01:37

user123456 · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-18T17:56:40.373

Use the terminal:

sudo boinc --dir /var/lib/boinc-client

If the project is not attached yet, run:

sudo boinc --dir /var/lib/boinc-client --attach_project [URL] [KEY]

Where [URL] can be found in the project list and [KEY] is given by logging in in project site or by running after registration:

sudo boinc --daemon
sudo boinccmd --lookup_account [URL] [MAIL] [PASSWORD]

For instance, formilkyway@home, I run BOINC with:

sudo boinc --dir /var/lib/boinc-client http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway 6c2b64e6238a1223e3a4f8db56eabb3d

where my key is obtained using:

sudo boinc --daemon
sudo boinccmd --lookup_account http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/ mymail@address.com mypassword

mymail@adress.com may be replaced by the username for certain project (including the worldcommunitygrid )

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