Folding@home Client Installation Guides

Table of contents

Introduction

Welcome to the Guides section! The purpose of this section is to provide a centralized place to find information and help for installing or troubleshooting the various Folding@home (FAH) clients.

The guides are grouped by operating system, and then by client type:

• FAQ: General questions and answers (the page you are reading now)

Note: The guides pertain to the latest version of the clients currently available. If older clients are still available to download, guides may be available on the same page as the current guide, or annotated at the bottom of that page. And while the guides were written to follow an easy "step by step" setup process that someone new to the project could follow, some technical knowledge is assumed, especially in regards to the more advanced client types.

Installation Guides List

Each of these pages include the guides for the Console and Systray clients where applicable.

Windows

• Uniprocessor (classic) clients
• SMP client (MPICH)
• SMP client (DEINO)
• GPU clients

Linux

• Uniprocessor (classic) clients
• SMP clients

Macintosh

• Uniprocessor clients (Intel/PPC)
• SMP clients (Intel)

Playstation 3

• Playstation 3 client

Additional Help For Installation Problems

How can I get installation help if I have a problem?

While we try to make the guides clear and concise, it is possible one or more steps may be difficult to understand due to inexperience, software changes, etc. You can ask for help on the Folding Support Forum. Someone will provide the answer or help to complete the installation. In some cases, you may have additional questions after the installation. Feel free to search the Forum for answers, post a new question, or read through the FAQs and FAH WIKI.

When asking for help in the forum, please state which guide you are using so we can follow along. Please also list the computer specifications and the client type you are trying to install (i.e. operating system, version, client type, drivers, and Systray or Console, etc.).

Do I need administrator privileges to install the FAH client?

In most cases, Yes. If you do not have administrator privileges or cannot access an administrator account, this indicates that you do not own or manage the computer. Most clients need to have some administrative access to complete the installation. If you do not have the rights, you are advised to ask for permission before going any further.

It is against the FAH End User License Agreement (EULA) to circumvent these restrictions without the expressed permission of the computer's owner. If you are the owner and do not know how to use administrator privileges, please ask someone with more experience to help you.

For More Information, Please See:

• FAH FAQ
• Folding Support Forum

Last Updated on May 15, 2009, at 10:13 PM