wireless!

[Daniel Dalton]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 05:19:46PM -0700, NoOp wrote:
> Here is the link with the written instructions that Cybe gave you:
> 
> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php

Yes. That's the one I found.

> 
> It's all text, so you shouldn't have any problems with it - if you do
> let us know. Rather than using the Synaptic GUI, you can simply:

No it's fine.

> 
> gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> and at the end add:
> 
> # wicd repository: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php
> deb http://apt.wicd.net hardy extras

Actually. 
sudo su && echo "deb http://apt.wicd.net hardy extras" >>
/etc/apt/sources.list
And if you wanna add a comment, use the -e option with appropriate \n.

> sudo apt-get update

Yes, I know, just use the command line, tools, I just made the
comment. sorry.

> sudo apt-get upgrade

Not strictly necessary.

> sudo apt-get install wicd
> 
> Keep in mind that wicd will remove the network-manager & that it's

Yes, as the conflicts section says in aptitude... BTW, is aptitude
recommended over apt-get?

> generally best to log out and back in afterwards (reboot shouldn't be

Indeed.

> necessary, but certainly can't hurt either).

No, restarting the daemon or gui should be fine.

Sorry, just thought I would point this stuff out.

Thanks for your help,

Cheers!
Daniel.
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