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Applications Constellation currently has the following applications for manual installation. You have got to download the application and install it manually. Please hava a look into the installation howto on this page for the installation process and also into the forum thread for more informations.

TrackJack
Platform	Version	Installation time
FreeBSD 7.x and 8. on x86/i386 - please check the special instructions for FreeBSD 8.x in the howto !	0.10	16 Oct 2011 12:00:00 UTC
FreeBSD 7.x on x64/AMD64 - please check the special instructions in the howto !	0.10	16 Oct 2011 12:00:00 UTC
HPUX 11i V.2(11.23) or V.3(11.31) on Itanium (IA64)	0.10	16 Oct 2011 12:00:00 UTC
HPUX 11i V.2(11.23) or V.3(11.31) on PARISC 2.0(64 Bit)	0.10	16 Oct 2011 12:00:00 UTC
Linux on Power/PowerPC 32+64 Bit	0.06	-
Solaris 10 x86/x64 - please check the special instructions in the howto !	0.10	16 Oct 2011 12:00:00 UTC
Solaris 9 or newer on SPARC 64 Bit(UltraSPARC/v9) - please check the special instructions in the howto !	0.10	16 Oct 2011 12:00:00 UTC

Installation Howto

1. Install the BOINC client

Download and install the BOINC client for your OS

2. Attach to the project and install the application

You can attach via the account key or via the boinc manager to the project

2.1 Attach via the account key

Change to the BOINC directory. For example "cd /home/boinc"
Attach to the project, by starting the the BOINC client with "./boinc_client -atttach_project http://aerospaceresearch.net/constellation $ACCOUNT_KEY"
-> Change $ACCOUNT_KEY in in the account key or weak account key from https://aerospaceresearch.net/constellation/home.php
After the attached successfull message, stop the BOINC client and continue sith step 3

2.2 Attach via BOINC Manager

Change to the BOINC directory. For example "cd /home/boinc"
Enter a password in the file gui_rpc_auth.cfg in plain text
Start the BOINC client with "./boinc_client -allow_remote_gui_rpc"
Connect with the BOINC Manager remotly to the new system
Attach to the project with the attach project wizzard.
After the attached successfull message, stop the BOINC client and continue with step 3

3. Install the Constellation application

3.1 Prerequirements

3.1.1 FreeBSD

FreeBSD 7.x: no special tasks required
FreeBSD 8.x: The installation of the compat7x package is required:
- Install the compat7x package via pkg_add: "pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.1-RELEASE/packages/misc/compat7x-i386-7.2.704000.200906.1.tbz" - Note: Change the OS release and architecture depending on your system !
- Perform a ldconfig for the compat7x package: "ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib/compat"

3.1.1 HPUX

The TrackJack applications for HPUX Itanium and PARISC requires HPUX 11i V.2 (11.23) or newer. The application will not work on older HPUX releases.
On HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) PA-RISC the linker patch PHSS_37201 or newer is required. HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) PA-RISC requires the linker Patch PHSS_37202 or newer. Patches can been downloaded from the HP ITRC

3.1.1 Solaris x86

On Solaris x86 the LD_LIBRARY_PATH has to been set, before the BOINC client will be started, otherwise the application will not work correctly. For example the BOINC directory is /home/boinc: "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/boinc/lib:/home/boinc/projects/aerospaceresearch.net_constellation ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

3.2 Application installation

The install package contains the whole Constellation application and the app_info.xml for the anonymous platform mechanism
For example the application package was downloaded to /tmp
Change into the boinc directory, if not already. For example "cd /home/boinc"
Unpack the Constellation appplication: "gunzip /tmp/trackjack_0.06_ia64-hp-hpux.tar.gz ; tar -xvf /tmp/trackjack_0.06_ia64-hp-hpux.tar.gz"
Change the owner and group for the user under which BOINC ran. For example user boinc and group boinc: "chown -R boinc:boinc projects/aerospaceresearch.net_constellation"
Start the BOINC client with "./boinc_client -update_prefs http://aerospaceresearch.net/constellation"
Now you should see the message within the BOINC client, that for the project Constellation a app_info.xml would been found and been used.
Some times later, the BOINC client should connect to the constellation project and download work.