On 12/31/2021 4:12 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
The network-manager package should be installed by default to ANY installation of Debian perhaps even along with the basic system prior to software selection - so that using the undocumented "!" software selection (it should be documented right in the installer itself to produce a working command line networking system!
In headless, there is no need to use nmcli to configure the network, 'systemd-network' '/etc/network/interfaces' are some possibilities. The utility is generaly pulled as an dependency.
But your saying that even with network-manager package installed, it has to be configured to run! Not very accessible. Installation should install the package and at least ask the user if he wants it started, or better yet, start it and have it ready for use with the commands given to disable or stop it.
This is already the case, nmcli is an dependency of Gnnome/ for example. For Mate, it makes less sense as you have other means to configure it. -- John Doe