no wicd-kde client on kubuntu 15.10

Question

I'm currently running a Kubuntu 15.10 system which is really nice (beautiful and comfy, a bit slower than Ubuntu but no biggie).

My network-manager, though, flickers quite a lot.. It's not my first time with Kubuntu and I'd hope they'd fix that problem already but they didn't, so I searched a bit and found wicd-kde was a formidable substitute to the KDE native network-manager.

I installed wicd-kde following this instruction page but didn't find the wicd client they mention on the "Configuring WICD" section.

The instruction page is not up-to-date but I'm not sure it's a compatibility problem with 15.10.

Has someone else faced this problem as well and managed to fix it?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '16 at 19:49

The most likely situation is that you need to add the wicd widget into your taskbar. On the bottom right of your taskbar, there should be a symbol that allows you to access your taskbar options. In my KDE, it looks like this (to the right of the date):

Click it, then click "Add widgets...". You can then search for "Wicd", and select it.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 27 '17 at 05:57

As mentioned in the Debian wiki (but I think it's the same as Ubuntu):

You can install it through
```
apt-get install wicd
```
Make sure you have added your regular user account to the netdev group
```
# adduser yourusername netdev
```
Reload your DBus
```
# /etc/init.d/dbus reload
```
Start the wicd daemon
```
# /etc/init.d/wicd start
```
Start the wicd GUI with your regular user account
```
# exit
$ wicd-client -n
```
You can also start wicd to system tray icon by using
```
$ wicd-client -t
```

There is a bug in Unity for wicd also.

no wicd-kde client on kubuntu 15.10

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