BackTrack 4 update manager?

[michaels]

Hello,
Because of this damn update of Ubuntu I lost my internet connection under Linux. I want it again (with network manager) but now I can not find its icon. It is installed in the system but I cannot find it. I think that the problem can be fixed after updating manager of the BackTrack 4. I want to know that is there an update manager on this.?? Please help me as soon as possible.!!

[Justvicks]

And good as windows has its faults too. Anyway, if you came to Linux is normal that you have this first impression but when you know to use it you will not say more "I begin to saturate" with Windows. I think that following will help you :

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

[jesse]

due to the $ <% * update ubuntu I lost my internet connection under Linux. I want it again (with network manager) but now I can not find its icon!!

That's the problem Linux. Updates are sometimes cause for concern, especially when it starts. That's why it's better to do regularly because that way we locate more precisely the update that caused problems (and otherwise avoid the ostrich policy which is to say nothing because I expect the updates it is not too ...). The more you wait, the more complicated.

[GANGSTA]

Generally Linux, the GUI is useless to administer a machine, it's just an ease of use!! But what you must remember is that when you have a concern because an interface is not functioning well or is unclear, the simplest solution is often a return to more bestial methods. Your problem is interesting, because to solve it will have to use the apt tools, which in my opinion one of the big asset distributions based on Debian - as Ubuntu - over its rivals.

[Lane]

For network-manager it will first verify that the package is properly installed. Since I do not know by heart the packages, I use apt-cache to find their name. Clearly these are the packages that may come into play :

network-manager-openvpn - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core)
 network-manager-openvpn-gnome - Network Management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI)
 network-manager-pptp - network management framework (PPTP plugin)
 network-manager-pptp-gnome - network management framework (PPTP plugin)
 network-manager-vpnc - network management framework (VPNC plugin core)
 network-manager-vpnc-gnome - network management framework (VPNC plugin GNOME GUI)
 network-manager - network management framework daemon
 network-manager-dev - network management framework (development files)
 network-manager-gnome - network management framework (GNOME frontend)
 network-manager-kde - KDE systray applet for controlling NetworkManager

You can see which are installed by typing :

dpkg-l | grep network-manager

[pushpendra]

At first I think you should just need network-manager and network-manager-gnome. To find the name of the executable will be reluctant to use apt-file. Then look what hidden packages network-manager and network-manager-gnome. One seeks an executable (binary) so we will see if there are files whose name contains "bin" in these packages :

(Mando @ Aldur) (~) $ apt-file list network-manager-gnome | grep bin
 network-manager-gnome: / usr / bin / nm-applet
 network-manager-gnome: / usr / bin / nm-editor

Then just run the command :

nm-applet &

[Samarth]

If the bin packages is not working for you as mentioned by the ''pushpendra'', then you can try as a last resort to uninstall the packages network-manager in the purging, then reinstall :

sudo dpkg - purge network-manager-gnome network-manager
 sudo aptitude update
 sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
 sudo aptitude install network-manager-gnome network-manager