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

Last updated: December 24,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "iwd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install iwd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall iwd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: iwd
Version: 2.3-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1955
Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard
Architecture: amd64
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.51), libc6 (>= 2.34), libell0 (>= 0.56), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Breaks: orphan-sysvinit-scripts (<< 0.11)
Description: wireless daemon for Linux
Description-md5: a38d828be9cfba0c12dd17c9690833ce
Homepage: https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/
Recommends: dbus | dbus-system-bus, wireless-regdb
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/i/iwd/iwd_2.3-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 492488
SHA256: 835c21d2eeb39e95c83064910a377764b49177e0bf07b81899aa7c37e0bf28f3

Package: iwd
Version: 2.3-1
Installed-Size: 1955
Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard
Architecture: amd64
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.51), libc6 (>= 2.34), libell0 (>= 0.56), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Recommends: dbus | dbus-system-bus, wireless-regdb
Breaks: orphan-sysvinit-scripts (<< 0.11)
Description: wireless daemon for Linux
Description-md5: a38d828be9cfba0c12dd17c9690833ce
Homepage: https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iwd/iwd_2.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 491468
MD5sum: af23f90e90b26d86942f44cbcaebaa83
SHA256: dd61469166c2d141103fb62b3bb8a7cb4a87190b53e385bb6d3185a7b75b380b