Wcid Program problems

[Shannon McMackin]

On 05/26/2009 10:34 AM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 May 2009 05:33:40 -0600
>> "Karl F. Larsen"<klarsen1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Steven Susbauer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>      They have all been riped apart and carry no good information
>>>>> for a new user. The problem is a person with false information can
>>>>> put it there and erase the good stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Karl,
>>>>
>>>> Installing from the website directly from the .deb is not
>>>> suggested. You will not receive any updates to the software unless
>>>> you go to the website yourself and get the new version (which a
>>>> user is not likely to do if they have a working program). When not
>>>> using Jaunty a user should set up the wicd repository so their
>>>> software is kept up to date.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is no false information on there, only a *smart* way of
>>>> setting up the program.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>      The Hardy and 8.10 idea of adding a new repository and key
>>> doesn't work. I tried it twice.
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>
>> One try, worked just exactly as advertised.
>>
>>
>> Cybe R. Wizard
>>
>      The IMPORTANT part is you need to leave the panel you just put the
> repository line into open when you in a terminal do the key thing. If
> you close the panel the key will not work.
>
>
> Karl
>
>
Actually, the panel works great when you download the key contents into 
a text file and import that file into your software sources applet. 
That's how I've been doing it since Feisty and it works fine.