Netctl GUI

Information

Qt4/Qt5 graphical interface for netctl. It may work with profiles and may create new profiles. Also it may create a connection to WiFi. Moreover, it provides a widget and DataEngine for KDE4/KF5.

NOTE LOOKING FOR TRANSLATORS!

Configuration

It is recommended to use graphical interface for configuration. Configuration files are:

• $HOME/.config/netctl-gui.conf - GUI/helper user configuration
• /etc/netctl-gui.conf - helper system-wide configuration
• $HOME/.config/plasma-dataengine-netctl.conf - DataEngine user configuration
• /etc/xdg/plasma-dataengine-netctl.conf - DataEngine system-wide configuration

Instruction

Dependencies

• netctl
• qt5-base (if Qt5 is used) or qt4 (if Qt4 is used)

Optional dependencies

• kdebase-workspace (KDE4 widget)
• plasma-framework (KF5 widget)
• sudo (sudo support)
• wpa_supplicant (WiFi support)

Make dependencies

• automoc4
• cmake
• qt5-tools (if Qt5 is used)

Installation

• download sources

• extract it and install the application:

    cd /path/to/extracted/archive
    mkdir build && cd build
    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
    make
    sudo make install
  

  Available cmake flags:

  • components:
    • -DBUILD_DATAENGINE:BOOL=0 - do not build DataEngine
    • -DBUILD_GUI:BOOL=0 - do not build GUI
    • -DBUILD_HELPER:BOOL=0 - do not build helper daemon
    • -DBUILD_LIBRARY:BOOL=0 - do not build library
    • -DBUILD_PLASMOID:BOOL=0 - do not build Plasmoid
  • additional components:
    • -DBUILD_DOCS:BOOL=0 - do not build developer documentation
    • -DBUILD_TEST:BOOL=1 - build auto tests for the library and the helper
  • project properties:
    • -DDBUS_SYSTEMCONF_PATH=/etc/dbus-1/system.d/ - path to dbus system configuration files
    • -DSYSTEMD_SERVICE_PATH=lib/systemd/system - path to systemd services
    • -DUSE_CAPABILITIES:BOOL=0 - do not use setcap to get privileges to the helper
    • -DBUILD_KDE4:BOOL=1 - build KDE4 plasmoid instead of KF5 one
    • -DUSE_QT5:BOOL=0 - use Qt4 instead of Qt5 for GUI

Additional information

TODO (wish list)

Links

• Homepage
• Page on kde-apps
• Archlinux AUR package