# Folding@Home on Rocky

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/folding-home-on-rocky/20253>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [March 1, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/folding-home-on-rocky/20253 "2026-03-01T20:28:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![GJohnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/gjohnson/32/882_2.png) [@GJohnson](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/GJohnson)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/folding-home-on-rocky/20253/1 "2026-03-01T20:28:38Z")

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Has anyone attempted to get folding@home working under Rocky Linux?

Any success?

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**Author:** ![tjdoyle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/tjdoyle/32/500_2.png) [@tjdoyle](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/tjdoyle)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/folding-home-on-rocky/20253/2 "2026-03-01T21:24:57Z")

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Hi,

Assuming you are talking about this project: [https://foldingathome.org/](https://foldingathome.org/)

Please correct me if I’m wrong.

If that is the case to get it running under RockyLinux 10, a symlink was required:-

`sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libbz2.so /usr/lib64/libbz2.so.1.0`

Not gone any further than getting it running, but assume it works as expected after that.

Regards Tom.

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**Author:** ![GJohnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/gjohnson/32/882_2.png) [@GJohnson](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/GJohnson)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/folding-home-on-rocky/20253/3 "2026-03-01T22:13:06Z")

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You are correct and thanks for taking the time to reply.

I haven’t yet found an RPM or any instructions for installing fah-client.

Time to dig deeper.

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**Author:** ![tjdoyle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/tjdoyle/32/500_2.png) [@tjdoyle](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/tjdoyle)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/folding-home-on-rocky/20253/4 "2026-03-01T22:17:39Z")

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Hi,

I couldn’t find an rpm either. I just downloaded and extracted the tar.bz2 file from their download page.

Regards Tom.

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**Author:** ![GJohnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/gjohnson/32/882_2.png) [@GJohnson](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/GJohnson)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/folding-home-on-rocky/20253/5 "2026-03-01T22:21:02Z")

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Yes, that is about where I am at.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/folding-home-on-rocky/20253/6 "2026-04-30T22:21:24Z")

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