How to Install and Uninstall wpasupplicant Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "wpasupplicant" package

Learn how to install wpasupplicant on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wpasupplicant
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wpasupplicant" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall wpasupplicant on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wpasupplicant
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wpasupplicant package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: wpasupplicant
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.10-21
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: wpa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3762
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), 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), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), adduser
Suggests: wpagui, libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Breaks: network-manager (<< 1.36.4-2~)
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/wpasupplicant_2.10-21_amd64.deb
Size: 1753080
MD5sum: 3ea3dadbeda8b7caaba4d2fca92d94dc
SHA1: 3eb503d4308bb078fe92ab8debb87011159394aa
SHA256: f5c6f2b368b566ee0d3e9c6fcd6bfb628c4c3a67fa648d91a8e84926dcd44b40
SHA512: 05d49d6287ee9e19063bed9b7e81969872f27d90fa135ece8b1056c0e42e46f13e8a01e2818e1222febc6db878e2e783a10f0a8f39b9db5fd0a3caa621d16c1a
Homepage: https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
Description-md5: 45df452b36e1c438641626b096751680
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-gnome-minimal, edubuntu-desktop-gnome-raspi, edubuntu-desktop-gnome-raspi, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-minimal, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi