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I downloaded a wicd-1.7.4.tar.gz file and I changed directory cd Downloads to the .tar.gz file and extracted it using tar xvzf wicd-1.7.4.tar.gz. Thereafter, I changed directory to cd wicd-1.7.4 which is the extracted files directory. Suprisingly, when I used the command, ./configure inside the same directory, the error I got was, bash: ./configure: No such file or directory. Please can someone tell me what is it that I am not doing right! Thanks The output of the $ ~/Downloads/wicd-1.7.4 is

wicd-1.7.4/NEWS
wicd-1.7.4/cli/
wicd-1.7.4/cli/README.cli
wicd-1.7.4/cli/wicd-cli.py
wicd-1.7.4/man/
wicd-1.7.4/man/nl/
wicd-1.7.4/man/nl/wicd-client.1
wicd-1.7.4/man/wicd-client.1
wicd-1.7.4/INSTALL
wicd-1.7.4/AUTHORS
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/eap
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wep-passphrase
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/psu
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/peap
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wpa2-peap
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/leap
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wpa-psk-hex
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wep-shared
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wpa-psk
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wpa-peap
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/active
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wpa
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/eap-tls
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/active_wired
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wired_8021x
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wpa2-leap
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/peap-tkip
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/wep-hex
wicd-1.7.4/encryption/templates/ttls
wicd-1.7.4/in/
wicd-1.7.4/in/init=pld=wicd.in```
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  • The output from `ll ~/Downloads/wicd-1.7.4/INSTALL` might be where configure command is located. It's certainly not in the directory listing shown. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Sep 12 '21 at 22:39
  • The ```.../INSTALL``` is a text file and not executable – Frenzy Sep 12 '21 at 22:58
  • Which problem are you trying to solve exactly? WICD is NO solution for anything. – ChanganAuto Sep 12 '21 at 23:50
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    Read the INSTALL, and see how to build it. python setup.py configure seems to be the starting point, but beware of all the dependencies (PYTHON2!!). – ubfan1 Sep 12 '21 at 23:54
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    Beware that wicd appears unmaintained, and requires Python 2 (which is also unmaintained). Installation may be more challenging than you'd like, and there's no security support. – marcelm Sep 13 '21 at 08:47
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    Does this answer your question? [How to install WICD on ubuntu 20.04?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1240154/how-to-install-wicd-on-ubuntu-20-04) – N0rbert Sep 13 '21 at 21:40

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Installing from repositories might be an easier method. However it was dropped from the 20.04 repository as this answer states. The answer is replicated below.

The wicd-gtk was removed from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS repositories because of Python 2 deprecation.

But you still can install it if you download packages manually from 19.10:

mkdir -p ~/Downloads/wicd
cd ~/Downloads/wicd

wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-gtk2_2.24.0-6_amd64.deb
wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-glade2_2.24.0-6_amd64.deb

wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wicd/python-wicd_1.7.4+tb2-6_all.deb
wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wicd/wicd-daemon_1.7.4+tb2-6_all.deb
wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wicd/wicd-gtk_1.7.4+tb2-6_all.deb

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ./*.deb
sudo apt-get install ./*.deb # second time for correct configuration

and then use it.

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  • thanks for your response; however, I downloaded it manually because I knew it was no longer in Ubuntu 20.04 repository. It's the download that is in ```.tar.gz``` file before I extracted. – Frenzy Sep 12 '21 at 22:45
  • I've tested your method in VirtualBox (Ubuntu 20.04). It works but I had two time this message box after installation : `System program problem detected`. And a few errors during installation. However the software start with the command `wicd-gtk`. – Gounou Sep 13 '21 at 00:40
  • @Gounou You can try the other answer. It sounds like the author really knows his stuff. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Sep 13 '21 at 02:54
  • @Gounou thanks but did you extract and run the same command ``` ./configure``` as I did in the wicd-1.7.4 directory? – Frenzy Sep 13 '21 at 12:21
  • ```Frenzy@Frenzy-ThinkPad-T420:~/Downloads$ cd wicd-1.7.4 Frenzy@Frenzy-ThinkPad-T420:~/Downloads/wicd-1.7.4$ ./configure bash: ./configure: No such file or directory Frenzy@Frenzy-ThinkPad-T420:~/Downloads/wicd-1.7.4$ sudo ./configure [sudo] password for Frenzy: sudo: ./configure: command not found Frenzy@Frenzy-ThinkPad-T420:~/Downloads/wicd-1.7.4$ ls AUTHORS data images man PKG-INFO setup.py wicd CHANGES encryption in MANIFEST.in po tests cli gtk INSTALL NEWS README uninstall.sh curses icons LICENSE other setup.cfg vcsinfo.py``` – Frenzy Sep 13 '21 at 12:48
  • @Frenzy It won't work with ./configure. I've only tested the method from WinEunuuchs2Unix. My comment is under is answer. If you really want to work with the wicd-1.7.4 directory extracted from the archive you will have to use python 2 and a method similar to the one I found on linuxfromscratch.org. Did you look at alternatives for wicd actively maintained? – Gounou Sep 13 '21 at 12:49
  • @Gounou yea, the NetworkManager in my ubuntu keeps logging my system off the internet eact time I try to work with my emulator on the system. I read from other suggestions that **wicd** is better that is why I am trying to install it for my work. – Frenzy Sep 13 '21 at 12:54
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You have to install wicd with python 2 if you want to install from the tar archive. The file to start the installation with is setup.py.

First you have to install the dependencies. I think it is better if you create a virtual environment for python. Maybe you can look at alternatives actively maintained or use the method from WinEunuuchs2Unix.

Source for the installation and complete (?) instructions : https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/8.2/basicnet/wicd.html. Don't know if it's similar with Ubuntu 20.04. I think it won't be easy.

Required

Python-2.7.14, D-Bus Python-1.2.6, Wireless Tools-29, and Net-tools-CVS_20101030 (Wicd needs mii-tool from this package)

Recommended

PyGTK-2.24.0 (for the GTK frontend), wpa_supplicant-2.6 (for WPA support), and dhcpcd-7.0.1 or DHCP-4.4.0 (for DHCP support)

Optional

pm-utils-1.4.1 (for suspend/resume integration), Urwid (for the Curses-based frontend), and Babel (for internationalization)

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