How to Install and Uninstall hostapd Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "hostapd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install hostapd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall hostapd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hostapd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hostapd package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: hostapd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: wpa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1507
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), lsb-base
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_2.6-15ubuntu2.8_amd64.deb
Size: 550808
MD5sum: a96942418389125d0a8a322f78ea745d
SHA1: 9f8936c02e28186543bf4bf53846861f55c5cf3b
SHA256: baa42e808373ecbf5dd1781ff59c6fa01a9f1de79cb41a9a8df39c6f843949a7
SHA512: 9736bb8f6ecdfb73e7dee2d14030e6f881bb95294675671d91b011ed83eb77d70831c0fee7df0ddf15ccdef0711dd3ddc13980f4a986be46bbbafb66a440d5b0
Homepage: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator
Description-md5: ccde30443fe7e1cdca9a1a088bb04b0e

Package: hostapd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.6-15ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: wpa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1502
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), lsb-base
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_2.6-15ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 548524
MD5sum: 1f647430d9ced068e7fcc4fb32b52bbe
SHA1: fd650e03fd754cac97e2ff86023800da50d8f2c2
SHA256: 1cd08e277929768888eb095a0df6f49bc0c1a33f7b89101f03939a9d6c33e656
Homepage: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator
Description-md5: ccde30443fe7e1cdca9a1a088bb04b0e