Alan Feuerbacher wrote:
The Wicd-1.7.4 section of the BLFS book, systemd version 8.0, "Networking
Utilities", calls for you to install a bootscript:
make install-wicd
This script is not in the Makefile for blfs-systemd-units-20160602.
This brings up another point for me: Because I have dhcpcd installed and
working (with systemd-networkd disabled), do I even need Wicd?
No, you don't. wicd and network-manager are two variations of the same
function and neither is really needed unless you have a laptop and need to
connect to various networks at different times. Indeed, I use neither on
my laptop because the limited roaming I do with it has wired access available,
The BLFS book says that Wicd "simplifies network setup by automatically
detecting and connecting to wireless and wired networks..." and that "an
excellent KDE-based frontend is also available." Also, dhcpcd-6.11-5 is a
recommended dependency.
So what is Wicd good for, with dhcpcd working? Is it just a "bell and
whistle"?
It depends on you use case.
-- Bruce
As for the Wicd KDE-based frontend, I cloned the software with Git. The
file CMakelists.txt references KDE4, but I've installed KDE5 and Plasma,
per the BLFS book. So is this frontend even usable for me?
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