How to setup network without wicd or NetworkManager

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I am working on a raspberry pi box with ubuntu(15.10) installed. It has limited memory so I want to same as much as possible.
In memory usage report wicd/NetworkManager and subprocesses usage aprox 60MB RAM. Is there a way to setup networking without using that much ram?
My rpi is connected to LAN using Ethernet I don’t need wireless support.

I tried setting up /etc/network/interface and disabling wicd/NetworkManager but unable to get eth0 up.

I have tried steps in how-to-access-network-without-networkmanager but unable to get it working.

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Hi @Hemant_Jain,

if you right click the network icon in the top panel, it has "Enable Networking and if you have a WiFi unit, take out the tick that states "Enable Wireless".

See also:

http://www.modmypi.com/blog/disable-wifi-power-management

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Thanks @wolfman for reply but I have disabled Mate gui.
I got it working based on Stackoverflow reply. how-to-setup-network-without-wicd-or-networkmanager

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