Trying to get Folding running on Ubuntu - help

[dadi_oh]

I am new to Linux and Ubuntu so tell me if I am doing something stupid. I think that I am following the instructions at Folding@Home to the letter but maybe I am missing something. Basically it can not recognize the the fah6 file exists even though I can see it. I tried changing permissions as well to -rwxr-xr-x but that didn't help either.

The instructions are at http://folding.stanford.edu/English/LinSMPGuide

Here is what I am seeing.

david@david-ubuntu:~$ mkdir -p ~/folding
david@david-ubuntu:~$ cd ~/folding
david@david-ubuntu:~/folding$ curl -O http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/release/FAH6.02-Linux.tgz
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 136k 100 136k 0 0 97k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 158k
david@david-ubuntu:~/folding$ ls -l
total 144
-rw-r--r-- 1 david david 139883 2008-09-28 21:07 FAH6.02-Linux.tgz
david@david-ubuntu:~/folding$ tar xzf FAH6.02-Linux.tgz
david@david-ubuntu:~/folding$ ls -l
total 468
-rwx------ 1 david david 252676 2008-07-02 12:03 fah6
-rw-r--r-- 1 david david 139883 2008-09-28 21:07 FAH6.02-Linux.tgz
-rwx------ 1 david david 68492 2007-07-16 14:02 mpiexec
david@david-ubuntu:~/folding$ ./fah6 -configonly
bash: ./fah6: No such file or directory
david@david-ubuntu:~/folding$ sudo ./fah6 -configonly
sudo: unable to execute ./fah6: No such file or directory
david@david-ubuntu:~/folding$

 

[Fitseries3]

it's easier to lauch synaptic and install it from there.

 

[dadi_oh]

it's easier to lauch synaptic and install it from there.

I don't see folding at home in Synaptic.I even checked the third party software. Do I need to manually add another repository to pick up F@H?

 

[Fitseries3]

you may have to enable another repo yes. im looking right now.

 

[xfire]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=101817
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/25/folding-home-automated-installer-release-v03/