The NetworkManager Applet provides a tool and a panel applet used to configure wired and wireless network connections through GUI. It's designed for use with any desktop environment that uses GTK+, such as Xfce and LXDE.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/network-manager-applet/1.34/network-manager-applet-1.34.0.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 83ff059aff3a691766d5f0079209e5af
Download size: 1.9 MB
Estimated disk space required: 46 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU (with tests)
GTK-3.24.51, libnma-1.10.6, and libsecret-0.21.7
GLib-2.86.1 (with GObject Introspection) and ModemManager-1.24.2
Since this package uses Polkit-126 for authorization, one Polkit Authentication Agent should be running when the functionality of this package is used.
Install NetworkManager Applet by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D appindicator=no \
-D selinux=false \
-D team=false &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
-D appindicator=no: This
switch disables AppIndicator support in network-manager-applet
because it requires libindicator, which is not in BLFS. The build
will fail without this option.
-D selinux=false: This
switch forcibly disables SELinux
support since it is not currently in BLFS and the build will fail
without it.
-D team=false: This switch
disables the team configuration editor since it requires jansson-2.14.1. If you have Jansson installed,
remove this option or set it to true.
-D wwan=false: This switch disables
WWAN support. Use this if you do not have ModemManager-1.24.2 installed.