How to Install and Uninstall hostapd Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "hostapd" package

This is a short guide on how to install hostapd on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hostapd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hostapd" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall hostapd on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hostapd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hostapd package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: hostapd
Source: wpa
Version: 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u3
Installed-Size: 2038
Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), lsb-base
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3)
Description: IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator
Description-md5: ccde30443fe7e1cdca9a1a088bb04b0e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::configuration,
network::server, network::service, protocol::radius, role::program,
security::authentication
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/hostapd_2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u3_amd64.deb
Size: 779660
MD5sum: 5f3559c15db2be09e81e51c49f10f8cf
SHA256: c6eeef9e75264f606c2cb57f1eb3f37b9231a7a30563e22b22019f04ce933992