# Boid CLI > A linux command line interface for Boid ### 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 and Ubuntu based distributions. ### Setup > install this package first ```shell $ npm install boidcmd -g ``` ##### REQUIRED: you must first install boinc-client package. sudo apt install boinc-client -y Make sure to check that it is running, this can be done with the command: ```shell $ boinccmd --get_state ``` if you get an authentication error code -155 , you will have to blank out the password in the file /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg ( the file just needs to be empty) and restart the boinc-client service. ```shell $ service boinc-client restart or $ systemctl restart boinc-client ``` > now setup boid by typing the following command: ```shell $ boidcmd setup ``` > additional commands can be found in the help menu ```shell $ boidcmd help ```