How to completely remove wicd from 12.04?

Posted by danijelc on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by danijelc
Published on 2012-09-17T13:49:11Z Indexed on 2012/09/18 9:51 UTC
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I had issues with WiFi so I removed Network Manager.

I booted Windows OS (dual booting Windows 7 and 12.04) to download wicd 1.7.2.4. Extracted it and installed. However, wcid worked properly with Wired Connection but could not connect to WiFi. So, I re-installed Network Manager which works properly now, and wicd connects to WiFi too.

As soon as I disconnect from Network Manager, wicd connects only to wired. At this point, I wanted to remove wicd but apt-get returns no wicd installed, can't see it in Synaptic or Software Center, but only in Applications list under Dash home.

Of course wcid icon shows connections, and resulting connected, so my system shows both applets for wicd and network manager in the top panel. When running dpkg commands, wicd is not listed as installed package.

Any suggestion how to remove wicd? Consider that I started with Ubuntu just few months ago so my knowledge base is limited.

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