Anyone running Server on a Raspberry Pi 4?

[Tom H]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 12:37 PM Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 25.07.2020, 12:19 +0200 schrieb Tom H:


>> In Ubuntu, installing NM installs some components useful for X
>> installations only. I asked whether the dependencies could be
>> reduced a few years ago and I was told "no." That's life :)
>
> you should probably take a look at the network-manager snap then ;)
>
> it is used by a bunch of our IoT customers on IoT devices (with
> classic server install as well as on Ubuntu Core) and AFAIK it doesnt
> bring any X dependency along (and should not really be installed on
> desktops)...

Wow. Many thanks. It's weird to think that a system's networking can
be provided by a snap. LOL


> ... not to mention the fact that you can actually pick from three
> versions between 1.2 to 1.22 ... (see "snap info network-manager")

$ snap info network-manager
name:      network-manager
summary:   Network Manager
publisher: Canonical✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/network-manager
contact:   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager
license:   GPL-2.0
description: |
  NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network
  devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity
  when available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN) and
  PPPoE devices, provides VPN integration with a variety of different
  VPN serivces.
  Please find the source code for this track at:
    https://code.launchpad.net/~snappy-hwe-team/snappy-hwe-snaps/+git/network-manager/+ref/snap-1.10
snap-id: RmBXKl6HO6YOC2DE4G2q1JzWImC04EUy
channels:
  1.10/stable:      1.10.6-7      2020-06-29 (564) 4MB -
  1.10/candidate:   1.10.6-7      2020-06-29 (564) 4MB -
  1.10/beta:        1.10.6-7      2020-06-25 (564) 4MB -
  1.10/edge:        1.10.6-5-dev  2020-04-06 (542) 4MB -
  latest/stable:    1.2.2-26      2020-07-13 (573) 4MB -
  latest/candidate: 1.2.2-26      2020-07-13 (573) 4MB -
  latest/beta:      1.2.2-26      2020-07-07 (573) 4MB -
  latest/edge:      1.2.2-27-dev  2020-07-10 (586) 4MB -
  20/stable:        –
  20/candidate:     –
  20/beta:          1.22.10-1     2020-06-25 (561) 5MB -
  20/edge:          1.22.10-2-dev 2020-07-09 (583) 5MB -

$ dpkg -l network-manager | g ^ii
ii  network-manager 1.26.0-1ubuntu1 amd64        network management
framework (daemon and userspace tools)

The "1.2.2-26" and "1.2.2-27" must be incorrect.