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Updating the BOINC WSL distro
        David Anderson edited this page Jul 23, 2025 
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    To update the BOINC WSL distro, please do the following:
- Quit the BOINC client
 - Download the new version of the distro from https://github.com/BOINC/boinc-buda-runner-wsl
 - Open Windows Terminal (Win+R -> type 'cmd' -> press Enter)
 - In the Terminal window, run 'wsl.exe --unregister boinc-buda-runner'
 - On the desktop: double click on the boinc-buda-runner.wsl or right click on it -> Open with -> Windows Subsystem for Linux
 - In the Terminal window, run 'wsl.exe -d boinc-buda-runner' and wait for the message "Podman setup complete"
 - Restart BOINC