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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "iw" package

Please follow the guidance below to install iw on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall iw on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iw
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iw package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: iw
Version: 5.19-1
Installed-Size: 302
Maintainer: Paride Legovini
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7)
Recommends: wireless-regdb
Description: tool for configuring Linux wireless devices
Description-md5: 21909f27b1c1b1fb5d8996e633b8332c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw
Tag: hardware::TODO, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::configuration, role::program, use::configuring
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iw/iw_5.19-1_amd64.deb
Size: 103532
MD5sum: b92d91aae436dd869ac89f2d19fec72b
SHA256: 3ba04928169a15efaf6f390fd1de436395353fae035e487f44c84ca081249661