docs: update INSTALL with server build info #6372
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| More detailed information about setting up a server can be found on the | ||
| BOINC wiki (<https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ServerIntro>). |
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https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ (here and above) is outdated, better to use the corresponding pages in GitHub wiki: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki
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| The BOINC port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors. If the version is out of date, please [create an issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository. | |||
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| To build the BOINC server components use the normal configure and make steps | |||
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This is confusing. It's better to specify which flags need to be set, not vice versa
| have a look at the helper scripts in the `3rdParty` directory. They fetch and | ||
| build the required libraries on Linux and macOS: | ||
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| ./3rdParty/buildLinuxDependencies.sh |
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This is needed to build the client/manager, not the server
| build the required libraries on Linux and macOS: | ||
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| ./3rdParty/buildLinuxDependencies.sh | ||
| ./3rdParty/buildMacDependencies.sh |
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we don't support building server of MacOS
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This page is confusing. It shouldn't exist.
We should (on the wiki) give a cookbook for each of these. |
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Then we should use this page as a enter-point with the links to all the other relevant wiki pages, including the information how to install BOINC client and Manager on any supported platform without building it from sources. |
Updated the INSTALL guide with instructions for configuring and building the server, and added pointers to scripts in the 3rdParty directory for downloading dependencies