How to completely remove wicd from 12.04?
Solution 1
Since I also had problems with Wicd + NetworkManager, it had to be decided which one will disappear from the OS, as it seems both interfaces do a sloppy job when it comes to deal with dependencies and side effects.
First I decided to remove Wicd, and that should match your question (then I tried Wicd without NM, but that's another story...).
Normally, if installed from a package (apt-get), the line
sudo apt-get purge wicd
should be enough. If not, and installed from the source, there is a uninstall.sh
in wicd-dir/
source code dir that should fix the uninstallation. If not...
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the theory wants that editing
/etc/default/wicd
and set START_DAEMON=no
would be enough of a job to just stop the process and family from starting. But it's not enough. So... when a program is tied to several places that don't rely on a single config file, I remove it completely: (it's also linked to my own gnome configuration, and yours may vary)
- ensure the init program does not run
That's basically in /etc/rcX.d
. All the S20wicd
can be renamed K00wicd
automatically, thanks to a script like rcconf.
And now remove the crumbs...
- move the desktop autostart stuff
Something like
mv /etc/xdg/autostart/wicd-tray.desktop /etc/xdg/wicd-tray.desktop.donotstart
- dbus
Similar to the above
mv /etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf /etc/dbus-1/wicd.conf.donotstart
And reboot, wicd should be quieter.
Again depending on your settings, the files could be somewhere else in /etc
.
Do a find /etc -iname "*wicd*"
to find where they're likely to sit.
Solution 2
have you installed it from source? you can't use synaptic or software center to remove wicd then.
By the way, you should look for a startup script, to remove wicd from startup. Then you will not need to uninstall, it won't get started if you remove it. Check /etc/rc5.d
and /etc/xdg/autostart
for entries. (I assume you boot to gui)
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danijelc
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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danijelc over 1 year
I had issues with WiFi so I removed Network Manager.
I booted Windows OS (dual booting Windows 7 and 12.04) to download
wicd 1.7.2.4
. Extracted it and installed. However,wcid
worked properly with Wired Connection but could not connect to WiFi. So, I re-installed Network Manager which works properly now, andwicd
connects to WiFi too.As soon as I disconnect from Network Manager,
wicd
connects only to wired. At this point, I wanted to removewicd
butapt-get
returnsno wicd installed
, can't see it in Synaptic or Software Center, but only in Applications list under Dash home.Of course
wcid
icon shows connections, and resulting connected, so my system shows both applets forwicd
andnetwork manager
in the top panel. When runningdpkg
commands, wicd is not listed as installed package.Any suggestion how to remove
wicd
? Consider that I started with Ubuntu just few months ago so my knowledge base is limited. -
danijelc over 11 yearsThanks g_kaya, ur reply made me think and i come to a solution, i removed it from start-up applications, then installed wicd and uninstalled it using terminal, then manually removed files i had downloaded. NM works nice now :) and wicd completely removed :)
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Admin over 11 yearsYou're welcome :) Glad you solved your problem.