# Boid-Cluster CLI > A linux command line interface for creating Boid clusters ### From a fresh Debian/Ubuntu install: ```shell wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash command -v nvm nvm install node ``` ##### This CLI has only been tested on Debian based distributions. ### Setup > install this package first ```shell $ npm install boidcmd-cluster -g ``` > now setup boid ```shell $ set email and password ENV VARS LINUX csh/tcsh: setenv BOID_EMAIL value csh/tcsh: setenv BOID_PASSWORD value bash/ksh: export BOID_EMAIL=value bash/ksh: export BOID_PASSWORD=value MAC OSX export BOID_EMAIL=value export BOID_PASSWORD=value $ boidcmd-cluster setup ``` ##### Note: The setup phase runs: sudo apt install boinc-client -y ##### If you want to manually install boinc, you can run this line yourself before running setup. > additional commands can be found in the help menu ```shell $ boidcmd-cluster help ```