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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY wicd-download-http "https://launchpad.net/wicd/&wicd-major-version;/&wicd-version;/+download/wicd-&wicd-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY wicd-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY wicd-md5sum "aaa2e9f5320849e0b5d053099a6f0007">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY wicd-size "536 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY wicd-buildsize "4.2 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY wicd-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="wicd" xreflabel="Wicd-&wicd-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="wicd.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 20 | </sect1info>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <title>Wicd-&wicd-version;</title>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <indexterm zone="wicd">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="a-wicd">wicd</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 29 | <title>Introduction to Wicd</title>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para><application>Wicd</application> is a network manager written in
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| 32 | Python. It simplifies network setup by automatically detecting and
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| 33 | connecting to wireless and wired networks. Wicd includes support for WPA
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| 34 | authentication and DHCP configuration. It provides Curses- and GTK-based
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| 35 | graphical frontends for user-friendly control. An excellent KDE-based
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| 36 | frontend is also available
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| 37 | <ulink url="http://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/wicd-kde">
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| 38 | http://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/wicd-kde</ulink>.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs83_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wicd-download-http;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wicd-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &wicd-md5sum;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download size: &wicd-size;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &wicd-buildsize;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Estimated build time: &wicd-time;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | </itemizedlist>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Wicd Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 68 | <para role="required">
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| 69 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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| 70 | <xref linkend="dbus-python"/>,
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| 71 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>, and
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| 72 | <xref linkend="net-tools"/>
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| 73 | (Wicd needs <command>mii-tool</command> from this package)
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| 74 | </para>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 77 | <para role="recommended">
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| 78 | <xref linkend="pygtk"/> (for the GTK frontend),
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| 79 | <xref linkend="wpa_supplicant"/> (for WPA support), and
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| 80 | <xref linkend="dhcpcd"/> or <xref linkend="dhcp"/> (for DHCP support)
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 84 | <para role="optional">
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| 85 | <xref linkend="pm-utils"/> (for suspend/resume integration),
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| 86 | <ulink url="http://urwid.org/">Urwid</ulink>
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| 87 | (for the Curses-based frontend), and
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| 88 | <ulink url="http://babel.edgewall.org/">Babel</ulink>
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| 89 | (for internationalization)
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| 90 | </para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 93 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/wicd"/></para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | </sect2>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 98 | <title>Installation of Wicd</title>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para>Install <application>Wicd</application> by running the following
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| 101 | commands:</para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>sed -e "/wpath.logrotate\|wpath.systemd/d" \
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| 104 | -e "/detection failed/ a\ self.init='init/default/wicd'" \
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| 105 | -i.orig setup.py &&
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| 106 |
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| 107 | rm po/*.po &&
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| 108 |
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| 109 | python setup.py configure --no-install-kde \
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| 110 | --no-install-acpi \
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| 111 | --no-install-pmutils \
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| 112 | --no-install-init \
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| 113 | --no-install-gnome-shell-extensions \
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| 114 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/wicd-&wicd-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>sed -e "/detection failed/ a\ self.init='init/default/wicd'" \
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| 117 | -i.orig setup.py &&
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| 118 |
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| 119 | rm po/*.po &&
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| 120 |
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| 121 | python setup.py configure --no-install-kde \
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| 122 | --no-install-acpi \
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| 123 | --no-install-pmutils \
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| 124 | --no-install-init \
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| 125 | --no-install-gnome-shell-extensions \
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| 126 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/wicd-&wicd-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
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| 131 | install the package:</para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <screen role="root"><userinput>python setup.py install</userinput></screen>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | </sect2>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 138 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para revision="sysv"><command>sed -e ... -i setup.py</command>: The first
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| 141 | expression in this <command>sed</command> command prevents installation of
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| 142 | logrotate and systemd configuration files. You may omit it if you use these
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| 143 | utilities. The second one fixes building with BLFS.</para>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <para revision="systemd"><command>sed ... -i.orig setup.py</command>: Fix
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| 146 | and issue while building with BLFS.</para>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <para><command>rm po/*.po</command>: This command removes the international
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| 149 | messages associated with this package. The command is required unless Babel
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| 150 | is installed. If it is installed, po/ast.po still needs to be removed in
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| 151 | order for the build to complete.</para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <para><parameter>--no-install-kde</parameter>: Prevent installation of an
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| 154 | autostart desktop file for KDE. If you use KDE, you should instead install
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| 155 | the
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| 156 | <ulink url="http://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/wicd-kde">Wicd
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| 157 | KDE Client</ulink>.</para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para><parameter>--no-install-acpi</parameter>: Prevent installation of
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| 160 | <command>suspend</command> and <command>resume</command> scripts for acpid.
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| 161 | Omit this option if you use acpid.</para>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <para><parameter>--no-install-pmutils</parameter>: Prevent installation of
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| 164 | hooks for pm-utils. Omit this option if you use pm-utils.</para>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <para revision="sysv"><parameter>--no-install-init</parameter>: Prevent
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| 167 | installation of any init scripts, as a bootscript is installed later in the
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| 168 | instructions.</para>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <para revision="systemd"><parameter>--no-install-init</parameter>: Prevent
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| 171 | installation of service files twice. They are installed as a part of
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| 172 | the sed to setup.py.</para>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <para><parameter>--no-install-gnome-shell-extensions</parameter>: Prevent
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| 175 | installation of the respective extensions. Remove this switch, if you are
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| 176 | using Gnome Shell.</para>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <para><option>--wicdgroup=<replaceable><group></replaceable></option>:
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| 179 | The group that will have permission to use the Wicd client (default is the
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| 180 | <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem> group).</para>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | </sect2>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 185 | <title>Configuring Wicd</title>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <sect3 id="wicd-config">
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| 188 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <para><filename>/etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf</filename>,
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| 191 | <filename>/etc/wicd/wired-settings.conf</filename> and
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| 192 | <filename>/etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf</filename></para>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | </sect3>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <sect3 id="wicd-init">
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| 197 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <note revision="systemd">
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| 200 | <para>
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| 201 | Make sure that you disable the <command>systemd-networkd</command>
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| 202 | service or configure it not to manage the interfaces you want to
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| 203 | manage with <application>Wicd</application>.
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| 204 | </para>
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| 205 | </note>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <para revision="sysv">To automatically start Wicd at boot time, you need
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| 208 | to first install the Wicd bootscript,
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| 209 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/wicd</filename> included in the <xref
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| 210 | linkend="bootscripts"/> package (as user <systemitem
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| 211 | class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-init" revision="sysv">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="f-wicd">wicd (bootscript)</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <screen role='root' revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-wicd</userinput></screen>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <para revision="sysv">Since Wicd will now handle all configuration of
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| 220 | network devices, the network bootscript installed by LFS should be
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| 221 | disabled. This can be achieved by either removing any
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| 222 | <filename>S*network</filename> and <filename>K*network</filename>
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| 223 | symlinks in the <filename>/etc/rc*.d</filename> directories or by setting
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| 224 | <literal>ONBOOT=no</literal> in any
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| 225 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.*</filename> files.</para>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <para revision="systemd">To enable wicd at boot time, as the
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| 228 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, run:</para>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <screen role='root' revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable wicd</userinput></screen>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <para>No manual configuration of Wicd is needed if you use the graphical
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| 233 | frontends. If you are only going to use Wicd from command-line, you can
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| 234 | configure it using the configuration files in
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| 235 | <filename>/etc/wicd</filename>. For a list of available options, look at
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| 236 | the man-pages for: wicd-manager-settings.conf, wicd-wired-settings.conf
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| 237 | and wicd-wireless-settings.conf.</para>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <para>Be sure to add all users who are to have rights to open and close
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| 240 | network connections with Wicd to the
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| 241 | <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem> group (or the group
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| 242 | specified with the <option>--wicdgroup</option> configuration
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| 243 | option).</para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | </sect3>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | </sect2>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 250 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <segmentedlist>
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| 253 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 254 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 255 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <seglistitem>
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| 258 | <seg>wicd, wicd-cli, wicd-client, wicd-curses (not functional if <ulink
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| 259 | url="http://urwid.org/">Urwid</ulink> is not installed), and
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| 260 | wicd-gtk</seg>
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| 261 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 262 | <seg>/{etc,usr/share,var/lib,var/log,var/run}/wicd,
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| 263 | /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wicd and
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| 264 | /usr/share/doc/wicd-&wicd-version;</seg>
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| 265 | </seglistitem>
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| 266 | </segmentedlist>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <variablelist>
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| 269 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 270 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 271 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <varlistentry id="wicdd">
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| 274 | <term><command>wicd</command></term>
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| 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>is the wicd daemon.</para>
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicdd">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="b-wicdd">wicd</primary>
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| 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <varlistentry id="wicd-cli">
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| 284 | <term><command>wicd-cli</command></term>
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| 285 | <listitem>
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| 286 | <para>is a command line interface for configuring the wicd daemon.</para>
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| 287 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-cli">
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| 288 | <primary sortas="b-wicd-cli">wicd-cli</primary>
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| 289 | </indexterm>
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| 290 | </listitem>
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| 291 | </varlistentry>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <varlistentry id="wicd-client">
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| 294 | <term><command>wicd-client</command></term>
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| 295 | <listitem>
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| 296 | <para>is the wicd client. This script attempts to automatically choose
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| 297 | the relevant configuration interface.</para>
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| 298 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-client">
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| 299 | <primary sortas="b-wicd-client">wicd-client</primary>
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| 300 | </indexterm>
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| 301 | </listitem>
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| 302 | </varlistentry>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <varlistentry id="wicd-curses">
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| 305 | <term><command>wicd-curses</command></term>
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| 306 | <listitem>
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| 307 | <para>is a curses interface for configuring the wicd daemon.</para>
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| 308 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-curses">
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| 309 | <primary sortas="b-wicd-curses">wicd-curses</primary>
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| 310 | </indexterm>
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| 311 | </listitem>
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| 312 | </varlistentry>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | <varlistentry id="wicd-gtk">
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| 315 | <term><command>wicd-gtk</command></term>
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| 316 | <listitem>
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| 317 | <para>is a GTK interface for configuring the wicd daemon</para>
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| 318 | <indexterm zone="wicd wicd-gtk">
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| 319 | <primary sortas="b-wicd-gtk">wicd-gtk</primary>
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| 320 | </indexterm>
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| 321 | </listitem>
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| 322 | </varlistentry>
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| 323 |
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| 324 | </variablelist>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | </sect2>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | </sect1>
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