Can't install GTK Wifi

[benjjo]

I cant seem to install GTK Wifi.
I keep getting this-
Package python2.4-gnome2-extras is not installed.
Can anybody point me in the right direction??
I've only recently installed XUbuntu 6.10 (yesterday). I'm a little more familiar with Fedora and i cant get my head around this Ubuntu stuff.

[jgordon510]

Try:

sudo apt-get install python2.4-gnome2-extras

[benjjo]

Hmmmmmm... This is what i get
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting python-gnome2-extras instead of python2.4-gnome2-extras
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python-gnome2-extras: Depends: libgda2-3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgdl-1-0 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgksu1.2-1 (>= 1.3.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgksuui1.0-1 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python-gnome2-desktop but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


I tried 'apt-get -f install' and then all worked fine. Thankyou.

I now have another problem, it wont open.
No icon appeared so i went into /usr/bin and tried to open it from there. But no potato. Any ideas?
I'm using gtkwifi-1.08, should i be using 1.06 or ?? If so how do i uninstall it?
Sorry for the tiresom noob Q's but im used to using yum.

[benjjo]

Ok, so i uninstalled GTKWifi 1.08 with 'apt-get remove' (thanks to "man") and reinstalled GtkWifi 1.06 to see if that made a difference.
Same story, i cant run the application from /usr/bin/. I right click and execute and nothing happens.
Am i missing something here?
I really need help here and im not getting much interest. Im very new to this and i really appreciate help with what may seem simple to you but two hours of internet searching for me. Thanx in advance to anyone that can contribute,

[benjjo]

Still not working after hours and hours of tinkering.
Apparently it's not even installed, here's the output when i try ro remove it
benjo@laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove gtkwifi
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package gtkwifi is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
benjo@laptop:~$

But i still have these in my /usr/bin/
- gtk-update-icon-cache (executable file)
- gtkwifi (python script)
- gtkwifi-settings-client (python script)

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!!

[Vorian]

Have you right clicked on a panel (add to panel, its at the very bottom)

[benjjo]

yep, tried that, there's nothing there in the way of wifi anything.
I really don't think i've installed it and i cant understand why it wont????

[benjjo]

This is what i get if i run it from terminal
benjo@laptop:~$ /usr/bin/gtkwifi run-in-window
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found
benjo@laptop:~$

[benjjo]

Since this last post, i gave up and re-installed ubuntu but this time with Dapper 6.06LTS. GTK Wifi worked first time but my card doesn't seem to be supported so i'm going to try ndiswrapper and see how i go, right after i learn how to upgrade my Kernel that is (here goes another two weeks of my life im sure).

[pissedoffdude]

Since this last post, i gave up and re-installed ubuntu but this time with Dapper 6.06LTS. GTK Wifi worked first time but my card doesn't seem to be supported so i'm going to try ndiswrapper and see how i go, right after i learn how to upgrade my Kernel that is (here goes another two weeks of my life im sure).

try this http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/44780-getting-wireless-lan-card-work-linux.html

[benjjo]

Thankyou so much, that is a very helpful site.

[Xonos]

Link helped my prob, ty!