Re: install network-manager without network
On 21/09/11 19:17, roberto wrote:
> Hello, i've recently installed debian 6.0.2.
> I need to setup the network connection by network-manager and
> network-manager-kde.
> Can i supply the two .deb packages and then install them using:
>
> dpkg -i package_name.deb
>
> ?
Yes - you may get a message to the effect that they can't be configured
due to missing dependancies... in which case:-
# apt-get -sf install | more
will show you what is required
I it tells you that the two packages you installed using dpkg are going
to be removed - don't worry - just make "apt-get -f install" happy, then
re-run the dpkg -i *.deb command.
NOTE: you can satisfy the apt-get -sf install dependancies using dpkg -i
(if that makes sense)
> The system already has wireless-tools and wpasupplicant.
>
> I cannot understand why the base kde installation doesn't provide a
> front-end for network-manager.
Because it's not needed. ifconfig works fine - and there are several
reliable wireless configuration apps.
network-manager is just a daemon (which is not always reliable):-
http://userbase.kde.org/NetworkManagement
network-manager-kde is supposed to do all sorts of whizz bang things:-
http://dot.kde.org/2009/11/07/introducing-kde-4-knetworkmanager
Your milage may vary with those tools - which may be another reason they
are not part of a default KDE install.
A quick flick through the debian-kde list might be helpful if you have
problems with those apps.
You can also install kdenetwork-filesharing and knetworkconf if you want
to be able to do network setting and sharing in System Settings.
>
> Thank you in advance !
>
Cheers
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