I got this error while i was installing on my linux box. (error is towards the bottom but i included all terminal messages from installations)

when run boincmgr from the console it starts fine but there is no project URLs to select during initial setup. when i type it in manually it fails to connect



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libstdc++5 openbsd-inetd gcc-3.3-base
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libwxbase2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-0
Suggested packages:
boinc-app-seti schedtool
The following NEW packages will be installed:
boinc-client boinc-manager libwxbase2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-0
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 5529kB of archives.
After this operation, 15.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe boinc-client 5.10.45-1ubuntu1 [356kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe libwxbase2.6-0 2.6.3.2.2-2ubuntu4 [556kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe libwxgtk2.6-0 2.6.3.2.2-2ubuntu4 [2837kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe boinc-manager 5.10.45-1ubuntu1 [1780kB]
Fetched 5529kB in 11s (481kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package boinc-client.
(Reading database ... 177226 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking boinc-client (from .../boinc-client_5.10.45-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libwxbase2.6-0.
Unpacking libwxbase2.6-0 (from .../libwxbase2.6-0_2.6.3.2.2-2ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libwxgtk2.6-0.
Unpacking libwxgtk2.6-0 (from .../libwxgtk2.6-0_2.6.3.2.2-2ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package boinc-manager.
Unpacking boinc-manager (from .../boinc-manager_5.10.45-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up proftpd (1.3.1-6ubuntu1) ...
--------- IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR XINETD USERS ----------
The following line will be added to your /etc/inetd.conf file:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/proftpd

If you are indeed using xinetd, you will have to convert the
above into /etc/xinetd.conf format, and add it manually. See
/usr/share/doc/xinetd/README.Debian for more information.
-----------------------------------------------------------

* Starting ftp server proftpd - warning: the DisplayFirstChdir directive is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the DisplayChdir directive.
- warning: the DisplayFirstChdir directive is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the DisplayChdir directive.
- Fatal: <Directory>: missing arguments on line 98 of '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf'
[fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript proftpd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing proftpd (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up boinc-client (5.10.45-1ubuntu1) ...
* Starting BOINC core client: boinc_client [ OK ]
* Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ]

Setting up libwxbase2.6-0 (2.6.3.2.2-2ubuntu4) ...

Setting up libwxgtk2.6-0 (2.6.3.2.2-2ubuntu4) ...

Setting up boinc-manager (5.10.45-1ubuntu1) ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
proftpd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

i got it working i guess i had a typo when i entered the url but it works now. still didn't show up in the list though.