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Just wondering if anyone knows where I can find a .deb package for the current NetworkManager - bit of a noob, and manual installation looks like a headache. Is NetworkManager ...
  1. 07-07-2006 #1
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    NetworkManager...?

    Just wondering if anyone knows where I can find a .deb package for the current NetworkManager - bit of a noob, and manual installation looks like a headache.

    Is NetworkManager worth the trouble? A lot of the feedback I've read tends to suggest that it's a nice thing to have, but that it has the potential to be a dog of a program - which I presume is why it's been removed from repositories?
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    Are you talking about GNOME's network manager? That is around for testing and unstable
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    That's the one - looks like a lot of dependencies.

    Pardon me if this sounds lazy (or ignorant)...is there a magic bullet/single command way to install Gnome's Network Manager and all its dependencies without having to go through and install each little piece individually?

    Or is the idea that people like me should steer clear of this altogether?
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    um.... what are you running? If you are running testing or unstable just do
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    Uhh... Sarge (stable) w/ kernel 2.6.17.3. Given that I'm pretty new to Linux thought it'd be wise to steer clear of anything that says "unstable". Already tried apt-getting it but to no avail.

    Can I run "testing" or "unstable" stuff if I add the "testing" or "unstable" repositories in sources.list?
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    Quote Originally Posted by st0nk
    Uhh... Sarge (stable) w/ kernel 2.6.17.3. Given that I'm pretty new to Linux thought it'd be wise to steer clear of anything that says "unstable". Already tried apt-getting it but to no avail.

    Can I run "testing" or "unstable" stuff if I add the "testing" or "unstable" repositories in sources.list?
    I doubt it in this case because it has so many dependencies.

    I see two options. You can live without it or if you want to try something a little more difficult, you can upgrade to testing. As most will tell you it is pretty stable. If you are running anything very important, I wouldn't, but if you are just learning, having fun, etc.... I say try it. Just edit your
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    /etc/apt/sources.list
    file and change everything that is stable to tesing. Then do
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    apt-get update 
apt-get dist-upgrade
    This will download and install a ton of new packages and change you to testing. Now you can install as I said above.
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    Thanks for your help and patience Vergil - will try what you've suggested tonight and let you know how it went!
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    For the sake of closing this thread off...

    I downloaded and installed 'iwgui'. Tiny, stable and it works

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/iwgui
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