Information about the package, wicd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The wicd package is designed for, Wireless and wired network connection manager.
Package Name:
wicd
Summary:
Wireless and wired network connection manager
Description:
Wicd is designed to give the user as much control over behavior of network connections as possible. Every network, both wired and wireless, has its own profile with its own configuration options and connection behavior. Wicd will try to automatically connect only to networks the user specifies it should try, with a preference first to a wired network, then to wireless. This package provides the architecture-dependent components of wicd.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.7.0
Release:
6.el6
Size:
42 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the wicd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install wicd
This command will install wicd on the server.
yum remove wicd
This command will un-install wicd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wicd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove wicd
This command will un-install wicd on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove wicd when using the -y flag.
yum update wicd
This command will update wicd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wicd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update wicd
This command will update wicd to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove wicd when using the -y flag.
yum info wicd
This command will show you core information about the wicd package.
yum deplist wicd
This command will show you the dependencies for wicd. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update wicd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on wicd. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.