How to Install and Uninstall libiw-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "libiw-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libiw-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libiw-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libiw-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libiw-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libiw-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libiw-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libiw-dev
Source: wireless-tools (30~pre9-16)
Version: 30~pre9-16+b1
Installed-Size: 118
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libiw30 (= 30~pre9-16+b1), libc6-dev
Size: 34388
SHA256: 9c0c40b870cdd6e25c1c27a0dfbfb2f11ba588f2a77f9bd36d70a36bac8eb237
SHA1: e1c150b475a617425fb9343a3db3089d7b822ece
MD5sum: 5a70cbcd6be22a7116e8fe05026d8c31
Description: Wireless tools - development files
Wireless tools are used to manipulate the Linux Wireless Extensions. The
Wireless Extension is an interface allowing you to set Wireless LAN specific
parameters and get the specific stats.
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This package contains the header files and static version of libiw.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
network::configuration, role::devel-lib, role::program
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wireless-tools/libiw-dev_30~pre9-16+b1_amd64.deb