Get Wicd working in Linux mint 15/ubuntu!

Wicd is a replacement for the built in network manager, it's supposed to be better and offer better consistency,

So I decided to try it out, but it was not very easy to get working,
here is the process to get it too work:

(you know the drill,  black highlights means copy and paste it into terminal.)


Step 1 - install Wicd:
sudo apt-get install wicd python-wicd wicd-daemon wicd-gtk

step 2 - move the resolve file:
sudo mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.backup
sudo ln -s /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf

step 3- stop old network manager from starting up: (if you do not want to uninstall it)
sudo mv /etc/init/network-manager.conf /etc/init/network-manager.conf-disabled
sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop.disabled
sudo killall nm-applet

Step 4 - (optional) remove the old network manager:
sudo apt-get purge dnsmasq-base geoclue-ubuntu-geoip gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-glib4 libnm-gtk-common libnm-gtk0 libnm-util2 libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager mobile-broadband-provider-info network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome
(all one line)

step 6 - first time run:

(wicd-gtk --tray </dev/null &>/dev/null &)

(you may get some errors, and network devices may not show up, will be fixed on reboot)

step 7 - reboot:
sudo reboot  (Or just restart normally)

step 8 - setup:
click the new icon in the panel to open the network manager, click the arrow  near the top right,
then click 'preferences' in the menu  make sure  'network interfaces' is filled in correctly with the wireless and wired interface name, eg. wlan0 and eth0.

then connect to your wifi access point, and click 'add' by 'wired network' to set up your network access.

if  you cannot connect, reboot, and you should be all good to go!

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sources:
http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=115566#wrap

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=157&t=118240

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wicd/+bug/1132529/comments/4