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title: Install BOINC Manager on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of BOINC Manager for on Ubuntu - BOINC lets you
  help cutting-edge science research using your computer.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/boinc/ubuntu
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# Install BOINC Manager on **Ubuntu**

# BOINC Manager (boinc)

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#### BOINC lets you help cutting-edge science research using your computer.

BOINC lets you help cutting-edge science research using your computer. The BOINC app, running on your computer, downloads scientific computing jobs and runs them invisibly in the background. It's easy and safe.
About 30 science projects use BOINC. They investigate diseases, study climate change, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research.
The BOINC project is located at the University of California, Berkeley and is supported by the National Science Foundation.

### Package name

* boinc

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### License

* GPL-3.0+ OR LGPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 3 May 2026 - latest/stable
* Today - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [boinc.berkeley.edu](https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ "https://boinc.berkeley.edu/")

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### Contact

* [github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Contact-BOINC](https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Contact-BOINC "https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Contact-BOINC")

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### Source code

* [github.com/BOINC/boinc](https://github.com/BOINC/boinc "https://github.com/BOINC/boinc")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues](https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues "https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/boinc/ubuntu#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install BOINC Manager

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install BOINC Manager

To install BOINC Manager, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install boinc
```

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