WICD

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 17 02:29:47 UTC 2009


On 07/16/2009 05:50 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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> NoOp wrote:
>> On 07/16/2009 04:35 PM, Jay Daniels wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:44 -0400, Fred Roller wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 16:10 -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>>>>> 	I recall you must have the right repository installed before you can
>>>>> get wicd. I just put Jaunty on my old Sony laptop for some testing but I
>>>>> just HATE Network Manager!
>>>>>
>>>>> 	Does anyone recall how to get wicd?
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 Karl
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>>>> Installing Wicd in Ubuntu
>>>> If you are using Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), Wicd 1.5.9 is in the universe
>>>> repository, so a simple sudo apt-get install wicd will do it. If you
>>>> want the latest version of Wicd when it comes out, though, you'll need
>>>> to add the Wicd repository. Jaunty users who need to download the Wicd
>>>> deb package can grab it from Ubuntu's Universe repository.
>>>>
>>>> from: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php
>>>>
>>> It never states where the wicd repository is located nor how to connect
>>> with Hardy or how to add the repository key?
>>>
>>> Very confusing statements on that page.  hey, want the latest version?
>>> Get it from hidden repository which we are not going to tell you about.
>>>
>> 
>> You need the secret handshake...
>> http://apt.wicd.net/dists/
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wicd/+publishinghistory
>> 
>> BTW: for Karl - you might want to take your remember pills :-)
>> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin
>> <http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin/Wicd_on_Ubuntu>
>> Wicd on Ubuntu (last edited 2009-05-26 12:54:58 by KarlLarsen)
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> 	You might just try to fix it. I do not even pretend to know how to do
> many things, but by god I know wicd is so much better than the other it
> is worth getting.
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What on earth are you on today? Your initial post:

> 	I recall you must have the right repository installed before you can
> get wicd. I just put Jaunty on my old Sony laptop for some testing but I
> just HATE Network Manager!
> 
> 	Does anyone recall how to get wicd?

You made a big fuss about wicd a few months ago and wrote the friggin
wiki page that I pointed you to.

And as an aside, either fix your newfound GnuPG signature so that it is
actually a sig, or eliminate it. 15 lines of added noise is as bad as
those that post their company confidentiality nonsense to the list.





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