Wcid Program problems

[Karl F. Larsen]

Shannon McMackin wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>   
    That is fine. But why introduce another step into an already odd way 
to do things?


Karl


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