How to Install and Uninstall wpasupplicant Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "wpasupplicant" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install wpasupplicant on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wpasupplicant
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "wpasupplicant" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall wpasupplicant on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wpasupplicant
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the wpasupplicant package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: wpasupplicant
Source: wpa
Version: 2:2.9.0-21
Installed-Size: 3439
Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.4.0), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.0.0), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), lsb-base, adduser
Suggests: wpagui, libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3)
Description: client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
Description-md5: 45df452b36e1c438641626b096751680
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
interface::daemon, interface::shell, network::client,
network::configuration, protocol::ssl, role::program,
security::cryptography, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::configuring
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/wpasupplicant_2.9.0-21_amd64.deb
Size: 1284232
MD5sum: 1c2a4876abf0ab710a5bb681ba77617e
SHA256: 807954142f61fdc2ea964a027cbca0211fc4c039c5bcaa90d7040d1e87ec98e1