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tom arnall
Sep 15, 2014, 11:40:02 PM9/15/14
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I want to get wicd off my system, but am having a problem. All the
installer utilities say that it's not installed, but 'which' and other
things tell a different story:
root@debian:~# which wicd
/usr/sbin/wicd
root@debian:~#
Also, in spite of the installer messages, there are lots of
wicd-related files in the system:
tom$ locate
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf
/etc/default/wicd
/etc/init.d/wicd
/etc/rc0.d/K01wicd
/etc/rc1.d/K01wicd
/etc/rc2.d/S18wicd
/etc/rc3.d/S18wicd
/etc/rc4.d/S18wicd
/etc/rc5.d/S18wicd
/etc/rc6.d/K01wicd
And on and on for about 300 lines of file names
When I do wicd or wicd-client as root, the stuff runs (and does
nothing but give error messages). wicd is unknown to non-root users:
Here is the apt-get message:
root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless# apt-get purge wicd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'wicd' is not installed, so not removed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless#
Likewise with aptitude and dpkg.
How do I get rid of the stuff?
My goal is to do wireless connection using the command line, but I
want the wicd stuff off the system before I try to do it.
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installer utilities say that it's not installed, but 'which' and other
things tell a different story:
root@debian:~# which wicd
/usr/sbin/wicd
root@debian:~#
Also, in spite of the installer messages, there are lots of
wicd-related files in the system:
tom$ locate
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf
/etc/default/wicd
/etc/init.d/wicd
/etc/rc0.d/K01wicd
/etc/rc1.d/K01wicd
/etc/rc2.d/S18wicd
/etc/rc3.d/S18wicd
/etc/rc4.d/S18wicd
/etc/rc5.d/S18wicd
/etc/rc6.d/K01wicd
And on and on for about 300 lines of file names
When I do wicd or wicd-client as root, the stuff runs (and does
nothing but give error messages). wicd is unknown to non-root users:
Here is the apt-get message:
root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless# apt-get purge wicd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'wicd' is not installed, so not removed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless#
Likewise with aptitude and dpkg.
How do I get rid of the stuff?
My goal is to do wireless connection using the command line, but I
want the wicd stuff off the system before I try to do it.
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Gary Dale
Sep 15, 2014, 11:50:02 PM9/15/14
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wicd. You need to find out (try searching packages.debian.org) which
package wicd is part of.
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Bzzzz
Sep 16, 2014, 12:00:02 AM9/16/14
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:37:02 -0700
tom arnall <klor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I get rid of the stuff?
apt-get install wicd
tom arnall <klor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I get rid of the stuff?
apt-get purge wicd
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Clive Standbridge
Sep 16, 2014, 4:10:02 AM9/16/14
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> I want to get wicd off my system, but am having a problem. All the
> installer utilities say that it's not installed
As Gary Dale has pointed out, you should probably be looking at
> installer utilities say that it's not installed
packages names other than plain "wicd".
> root@debian:~# which wicd
> /usr/sbin/wicd
dpkg -S /usr/sbin/wicd
> How do I get rid of the stuff?
dpkg -l '*wicd*' | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}'
To show what would be removed when you purge them:
dpkg -l '*wicd*' | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | xargs -r sudo apt-get -s purge
To really purge those packages, remove the "-s" option.
That will suffice unless any of the wicd functionality is in packages
without "wicd" as part of their names.
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Nemeth Gyorgy
Sep 16, 2014, 3:10:02 PM9/16/14
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2014-09-16 05:37 keltez�ssel, tom arnall �rta:
wicd-daemon: /usr/sbin/wicd
Remove wicd-daemon package
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> I want to get wicd off my system, but am having a problem. All the
> installer utilities say that it's not installed, but 'which' and other
> things tell a different story:
>
> root@debian:~# which wicd
> /usr/sbin/wicd
> root@debian:~#
>
[....]
> installer utilities say that it's not installed, but 'which' and other
> things tell a different story:
>
> root@debian:~# which wicd
> /usr/sbin/wicd
> root@debian:~#
>
> Here is the apt-get message:
>
> root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless# apt-get purge wicd
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package 'wicd' is not installed, so not removed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless#
>
> Likewise with aptitude and dpkg.
>
>
>
> How do I get rid of the stuff?
>
> My goal is to do wireless connection using the command line, but I
> want the wicd stuff off the system before I try to do it.
>
>
$ apt-file search /usr/sbin/wicd
>
> root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless# apt-get purge wicd
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package 'wicd' is not installed, so not removed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless#
>
> Likewise with aptitude and dpkg.
>
>
>
> How do I get rid of the stuff?
>
> My goal is to do wireless connection using the command line, but I
> want the wicd stuff off the system before I try to do it.
>
>
wicd-daemon: /usr/sbin/wicd
Remove wicd-daemon package
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Bob Holtzman
Sep 16, 2014, 4:10:02 PM9/16/14
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:47:22PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
.......snip.......
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> What the message is telling is that there is no package installed
> called wicd. You need to find out (try searching
> packages.debian.org) which package wicd is part of.
Highly doubtful as synaptic lists wicd as a stand alone package.
> What the message is telling is that there is no package installed
> called wicd. You need to find out (try searching
> packages.debian.org) which package wicd is part of.
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Cindy-Sue Causey
Sep 17, 2014, 1:10:02 AM9/17/14
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On 9/16/14, Bob Holtzman <hol...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:47:22PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
>
> .......snip.......
>>
>> What the message is telling is that there is no package installed
>> called wicd. You need to find out (try searching
>> packages.debian.org) which package wicd is part of.
>
>
> Highly doubtful as synaptic lists wicd as a stand alone package.
Well, that's weird. I started out just testing "which" that I'd seen
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:47:22PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
>
> .......snip.......
>>
>> What the message is telling is that there is no package installed
>> called wicd. You need to find out (try searching
>> packages.debian.org) which package wicd is part of.
>
>
> Highly doubtful as synaptic lists wicd as a stand alone package.
ages ago and forgot. After seeing where you said that about Synaptic,
I tested "dpkg -s wicd" and received back the "Package `wicd' is not
installed" error.
Tried "which wicd" not expecting to find anything and instead was told
"/usr/sbin/wicd".
Then "dpkg -s wicd-daemon" based on the other feedback in this thread
and received back a BUNCH of appropriate info, including "Status:
install ok installed"..
So... is interesting that Synaptic is showing what you're seeing. I've
been noticing "anomalies" (p.c. for inconsistencies) across the
package managers, especially during how badly I broke what I've been
doing here the last few months.. Manipulation of those .debs is such
an important part of Debian and all its derivatives. Debian is a whole
lot more user friendly when it functions consistently across the board
regardless of a user's... *_CHOICE_* in package managers.. :)
@ tom, the OP, my lurking kneejerk was exactly what Bzzzz suggested,
install then purge. After having stumbled on it during one recent
fiasco, I usually toss in a "--fix-missing" on the install in this
kind of case, too, but others may have reasons for why that's not
recommended.
Well, all the above said, for no particular reason I just tried
installing wicd before sending this off. Apt-get wants to install a
NEW package it calls...... wicd. And only that four-letter name in
addition to upgrading three others: python-wicd, wicd-daemon, and
wicd-gtk......
*hmmm* :))
Am going to try to keep this thread in mind when people inquire about
wicd not working in the future, that's for sure.... :)
Cindy :)
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Cindy-Sue Causey
Sep 17, 2014, 2:30:02 AM9/17/14
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sitting here thinking on it after that because of what I encountered,
too, while following your thread. Bzzzz had said install it, that
would mean just "wicd" and not the "wicd-daemon", based on what I
encountered. The reason is "wicd-daemon" is possibly/probably already
installed, and wicd is turning out not to be (installed).. APT indeed
also has wicd as a package of its own as Bob stated Synaptic shows.
Stumbled on this from Debian Wiki while wondering about the whole thing:
https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Wicd
You mentioned errors so felt ok forwarding that. It says something
about removing network-manager to get wicd to work. May or may not be
appropriate for your particular error but there it is in case it helps
someone who stumbles on your thread later.
Can't help wondering out loud why wicd AND wicd-daemon if wicd-daemon
is providing the /usr/sbin/wicd? Why isn't wicd installed to
provide... wicd since it exists as a standalone package?
tom, maybe before you purge, do you have time and resources to test if
wicd finally works properly before you switch to command line? I'd try
it myself but wifi, that whole networking via GUI, had it work once or
twice but was never able to master it.. It'll be next year before it'd
ever work on this end..
Good luck with it.. :)
Cindy
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Joel Roth
Sep 17, 2014, 6:40:01 AM9/17/14
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On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 01:05:00AM -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> I tested "dpkg -s wicd" and received back the "Package `wicd' is not
> installed" error.
> Tried "which wicd" not expecting to find anything and instead was told
> "/usr/sbin/wicd".
I think you want dpkg -S /usr/sbin/wicd
> I tested "dpkg -s wicd" and received back the "Package `wicd' is not
> installed" error.
> Tried "which wicd" not expecting to find anything and instead was told
> "/usr/sbin/wicd".
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Curt
Sep 17, 2014, 9:20:03 AM9/17/14
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On 2014-09-16, tom arnall <klor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless# apt-get purge wicd
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package 'wicd' is not installed, so not removed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless#
>
What about trying to remove 'wicd-daemon' (which provides wicd, amongst
>
> root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless# apt-get purge wicd
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package 'wicd' is not installed, so not removed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless#
>
other things)?
The 'wicd' package is a metapackage.
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Lisi Reisz
Sep 17, 2014, 9:30:01 AM9/17/14
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On Wednesday 17 September 2014 14:12:27 Curt wrote:
> On 2014-09-16, tom arnall <klor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless# apt-get purge wicd
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > Package 'wicd' is not installed, so not removed
> > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1
> > not upgraded.
> > root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless#
>
> What about trying to remove 'wicd-daemon' (which provides wicd, amongst
> other things)?
>
> The 'wicd' package is a metapackage.
Hve you actually tried:
> On 2014-09-16, tom arnall <klor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless# apt-get purge wicd
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > Package 'wicd' is not installed, so not removed
> > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1
> > not upgraded.
> > root@debian:~#/home/tom/system/wireless#
>
> What about trying to remove 'wicd-daemon' (which provides wicd, amongst
> other things)?
>
> The 'wicd' package is a metapackage.
# aptitude install wicd && aptitude purge wicd
or similar? I know that it was suggested, but I haven't seen that you have
tried it.
Lisi
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