WICD

[Shannon McMackin]

On 07/16/2009 07:23 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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> Fred Roller wrote:
>> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 16:51 -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>          Not on my Jaunty. It fumbles around and says it can't find it.
>>> How do I
>>> add the universe repository? maybe man apt-get?
>> gksu gedit /etc/apt/source.list
>>
>> uncomment the two lines that look like:
>>
>> # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
>> # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
>>
>> so they look like
>>
>> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
>> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe
>>
>> and save.
>>
>> then run:
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>> sudo apt-get update
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>> when complete run
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>> sudo apt-get install wicd
>>
>
> 	Thank you, Thank you, that got it. I wonder why wicd is so difficult to
> get? It should be a normal thing on new Ubuntu versions.
>
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> 73 Karl
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It's not that it isn't normal, it's not the standard.  Everything that 
isn't standard in Ubuntu or things that are maintained by the community 
are in the universe repo.

If it were an option to install WICD, then it would be in the std repo.