How do I install BOINC on linux?

[Stryfe]

The title says it all. I've tried searching the forum but the search page hasn't been working for me for a coule weeks(does it work for anyone else?). I'm quite the Linux noob so don't assume I know how to do something simple.

I installed Gentoo on my server since I was having some trouble with Windows Server. I'm still working on getting the things I used in Windows Server up and running in linux (web server, mysql, dhcp/routing, file sharing). I'd like to setup another team race but I need this server running how I want it first.

[Incesticide]

This should do the trick: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/bare_core.php

Notice at the bottom there is an automatic startup section for gentoo. If you need help with any of the specifics, just ask.

[Stryfe]

This should do the trick: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/bare_core.php

Notice at the bottom there is an automatic startup section for gentoo. If you need help with any of the specifics, just ask.Thanks for the response :)
I looked over the info in the link. I can't figure out how to make the boinc client executable and I have no idea what to do with that startup script. I'm really really new to linux.

[Incesticide]

Alright, to make the client executable you need to open up a terminal, and use cd to change to the directory where you extracted boinc. Then you need to type this in

chmod +x boinc_client

then press enter

As for the startup script, I believe that you need to edit it changing these two lines to the appropriate values:

BOINCUSER=boinc
BOINCDIR=/home/boinc

Then save it with a name like boinc to /etc/init.d and run

rc-update add boinc default

I'm not a gentoo guy though, so I would wait for someone to verify this as being correct, as this is just what i've gleaned from a bit of googling.

edit: i forgot you can set permission through the GUI, just right click on run_boinc, then go to the permissions tab, and check the executable box across from owner. and one more thing, why is it so goddamn hard to get seti working under linux? why arent there debs and rpms to take care of this? i want answers!