On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre > <mathieu...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Could NM's "Depends" and "Recommends" be pared down for an X-less >>> use-case? Thanks. >> >> "We'll burn that bridge when we get there." :) >> >> Seriously though; I agree that some of these requirements are >> unfortunate, especially with all this coming from glib-networking >> (which I'll look to make sure is really required). Any help you can >> provide to reducing these requirements and making NetworkManager >> suitable on X-less systems is definitely welcome. I recommend you come >> hang around on #nm on Freenode if it's the case; this is where the >> upstream NetworkManager development gets done. > > I've never used IRC and I'm not a developer so I'll probably feel like > an alien on #nm! > > I'd nevertheless like to help if I can find the time. If I can figure > out what the deb equivalent of an rpm spec file is, I'll drop the GUI > dependencies, build a local package, and test it.
I forgot to mention that I installed NM in an X-less Debian 7 VM. Both the "Depends" and Recommends" are far fewer, so it *ought* to work on Ubuntu too. (Side note: the Debian "Depends" don't include polkit so running "nm-tool" displays a "permission request failed" warning before giving the network settings; perhaps a case of requirements that are too pared down...) -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss