Cannot install on ubuntu

[jean-christophe manciot]

Environment
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Ubuntu Server 15.04
Wicd 1.7.3

python setup.py configure
...
python setup.py install
Using init file ('/etc/init.d/', 'init/debian/wicd')
error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gnome-shell'

[dino99 (9d9)]

https://launchpad.net/wicd

wonder why the huge bug fixes released as 1.7.3 (dec 2014) has not been pushed to the archives yet. Wily still has the 1.7.2.

[Danil (varrah)]

May be it can be valuable that I'm having the same thing in Kubuntu, so I don't have a gnome-shell in the first place

[Danil (varrah)]

As a workaround one can use:
./setup.py configure --no-install-gnome-shell-extensions && ./setup.py build && ./setup.py install

[jean-christophe manciot (manciot-jeanchristophe)]

Yes, that workaround worked almost perfectly:

I uninstalled all related ubuntu packages (but kept the configuration files):
- wicd
- wicd-gtk
- wicd-daemon
- python-wicd

I then installed 1.7.3 following your advices and rebooted.
Wicd now asks for the root password which is no problem.

However, an error window popped up with the following message:
"Could not connect to wicd D-Bus interface"