How to Install and Uninstall wireless-tools Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 20,2024

1. Install "wireless-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install wireless-tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wireless-tools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall wireless-tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: wireless-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 30~pre9-12ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guus Sliepen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 287
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libiw30 (>= 30~pre1)
Filename: pool/main/w/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_30~pre9-12ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 107782
MD5sum: 291992e5ab7bc7df177270f92ea550cf
SHA1: 21cde75937e643c1b7ae5b242abecad412aadcd3
SHA256: e1beefc088c86f8d090c9134dae2dcd0a3066bdf4b279e82bc796587d1f8e9e8
Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
Description: Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
Description-md5: 34c7dc532552aa22b7a3e5860d0000e7
Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y