How to Install and Uninstall iw Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "iw" package

This tutorial shows how to install iw on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall iw on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

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
Size: 103532
SHA256: 3ba04928169a15efaf6f390fd1de436395353fae035e487f44c84ca081249661
SHA1: c7a4f9ab0ff5ccb9d762c2339d5f697e93015dc4
MD5sum: b92d91aae436dd869ac89f2d19fec72b
Description: tool for configuring Linux wireless devices
This package contains the 'iw' command line tool which allows one to configure
and show information about wireless devices.
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iw is based on the nl80211 kernel interface and supports the majority of
fairly recent hardware. The old tool iwconfig, which uses Wireless Extensions
interface, is deprecated and it is strongly recommended to switch to iw and
nl80211.
Description-md5:
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