How to Install and Uninstall hostapd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the hostapd on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hostapd" package

This tutorial shows how to install hostapd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: hostapd
Source: wpa
Version: 2:2.10-12
Installed-Size: 2309
Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: access point and authentication server for Wi-Fi and Ethernet
Description-md5: 257c9917c3f422bfd740e723bd810814
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://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_2.10-12_amd64.deb
Size: 866052
MD5sum: 9bb22a9b95beb81e8929d44324a3f142
SHA256: 3ea8209287cbb232084cedc1440f5d37c733fb383b90043e95d6187833af10eb