I'm interested in installing Docker on a Win 11 Pro machine. BOINC resides on 2 separate drives with the .exe(s) on the system drive (C:/Program Files/BOINC/), and the data on the data drive (D:/BOINC/). When I d/l'ed the product from the Podman web site, all I got was an .exe file, which is currently sitting in D:/My Documents/Downloads/BOINC/, while expecting an installation package to install it into the correct directory (library/folder). My question is, if this is the case, should I just move the .exe to the Boinc directory on the system drive (C"), or did I do some wrong. The install instructions for Windows were unclear on this point.

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Following this as while on 10, I am not sure I am getting it right either though I have standard BOINC installation in default directories. The only non-standard bit being my Windows is running in a VM.

In reply to Cliff Harding's message of 30 Apr 2025:

I'm interested in installing Docker on a Win 11 Pro machine. BOINC resides on 2 separate drives with the .exe(s) on the system drive (C:/Program Files/BOINC/), and the data on the data drive (D:/BOINC/). When I d/l'ed the product from the Podman web site, all I got was an .exe file, which is currently sitting in D:/My Documents/Downloads/BOINC/, while expecting an installation package to install it into the correct directory (library/folder). My question is, if this is the case, should I just move the .exe to the Boinc directory on the system drive (C"), or did I do some wrong. The install instructions for Windows were unclear on this point.

Please follow these steps: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Installing-Docker#windows

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For any insight, check my BOINC Development Blog.

Please follow these steps: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Installing-Docker#windows

That is what I tried to do in a VM. I have it working on a native Linux installation. I will have another look at the Windows one and if I don't get anywhere will post again.

Installation, even after I activated the Virtual Machine Platform & Windows Subsystem for Linux features which were not installed on the machine and applied the necessary updates via Windows Update. Final straw was that WSL_E_DISTRO - Not_Found when attempting the command via the CMD function wsl -d boinc-buda-runner . Need to resolve, otherwise, I'll wait until the package is available vis normal BOINC updates.

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In reply to Cliff Harding's message of 30 Apr 2025:

Installation, even after I activated the Virtual Machine Platform & Windows Subsystem for Linux features which were not installed on the machine and applied the necessary updates via Windows Update. Final straw was that WSL_E_DISTRO - Not_Found when attempting the command via the CMD function wsl -d boinc-buda-runner . Need to resolve, otherwise, I'll wait until the package is available vis normal BOINC updates.

Did you follow this step:

BOINC provides a WSL 'image' that contains Podman. Download it from https://github.com/BOINC/boinc-buda-runner-wsl and open it.

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BOINC maintainer.
For any insight, check my BOINC Development Blog.

Yes, along with the exceptions (additions) noted above, I followed the instructions as closely as possible.

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