How to Install and Uninstall wireless-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 20,2024

1. Install "wireless-tools" package

Please follow the steps below to install wireless-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall wireless-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: wireless-tools
Source: wireless-tools (30~pre9-16)
Version: 30~pre9-16+b1
Installed-Size: 293
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libiw30 (>= 30~pre1)
Size: 107836
SHA256: 3c88682aba8a2514dd1752a157f0b3a40653034c7ecb82138138ed0d7b45e220
SHA1: b7146187afeabc6d4c9ae62363ad88abd363c5b5
MD5sum: bc43e042c710251edf016baec55b82f1
Description: Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
This package contains the Wireless tools, 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.
Description-md5:
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~pre9-16+b1_amd64.deb