How to Install and Uninstall wireless-tools Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "wireless-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install wireless-tools on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wireless-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wireless-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall wireless-tools on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wireless-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wireless-tools package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: wireless-tools
Version: 30~pre9-13.1
Installed-Size: 297
Maintainer: Guus Sliepen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libiw30 (>= 30~pre1)
Description: Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
Description-md5: 34c7dc532552aa22b7a3e5860d0000e7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, devel::library, hardware::TODO,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::configuration,
role::devel-lib, role::dummy, role::program, scope::utility,
use::configuring
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_30~pre9-13.1_amd64.deb
Size: 112680
MD5sum: 8d100a04353c5afa4eba43775035c6ca
SHA256: 6b4a5b48461409bdb1ae417793a817c96072758d818bb4ea586170dd39d9efab