Network Manager not installed or installable

[Hanzobonzo]

Hello,

I just installed Kubuntu a few days ago.. after a bad week of Ubuntu.

I have encountered the same real problem with both of them tho, and that is the inability to install NetworkManager. In both U+K there is no mention of it in the package managers. In Ubuntu, I saw a ghosted 'NetworkManager' within the add/remove program applet, however it said that there was a problem with my computer architecture and that NM wasn't available on any software channel.

In Kubuntu, 'KNetworkManager' is also ghosted in the add/remove application.. along with lots of other programs like Thunderbird and Firefox.. although there is no mention of why I cannot install it.

I have tried downloading NM deb packages for Kubuntu (which do not work because of missing libnm-util0 and network-manager packages). Also I have tried some of the tarballs out there, and when I tried compiling the configure shell I got an error at "can't find X includes" before I was able to input anything.

It seems to me like there is some basic package missing underneath the KDE frontend .. which for some reason I can't get to. I have read lots of times that Network Manager is available to install right after installing the OS, so why does it not appear on my computer in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu? What do I need to fix this? Please help, I am psyched about trying this OS out but am being completely limited by this issue.

[Hanzobonzo]

Re: Network Manager not installed or installable

No issues with the install cd's either.. I checked them all after copying the iso.

[podunk]

Re: Network Manager not installed or installable

Knetworkmanager is there. I think maybe you need to enable the extra repositories.

Open a Konsole (Kmenu>System>Konsole)
and type or paste in

sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list

(there will be a bunch of gibberish telling you it won't work, but give it a second and it will)

You'll see a bunch of lines like this:

#deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper main

delete the # symbol at the start of each line so they look like this:

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] dapper main

Click save. Close Kate

Kmenu>System>Adept (Package manager)
Enter your password and Adept will open.
Click the button "Fetch Updates" to load the new repositories.

You will see a search box. Below the search box are a bunch of little check boxes (installed, not installed etc) check them all.

Type in "KNetworkManager" and after a second or two it will pop up in the list view. You might want to install "knetworkconf" also.

Right click them and chose "Request Install" Click the Check Mark "Apply Changes" and in just a few seconds network manager will be installed.

What happens after that I don't know, I don't have a wireless thingie. I bet if you went back to Konsole and typed in
knetworkmanager
it would load.

Hope this helps!