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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "wpasupplicant" package

Please follow the steps below to install wpasupplicant 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 "wpasupplicant" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall wpasupplicant on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: wpasupplicant
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8
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: 2689
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.0.0), libreadline7 (>= 6.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), lsb-base, adduser
Suggests: wpagui, libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3)
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/wpasupplicant_2.6-15ubuntu2.8_amd64.deb
Size: 955064
MD5sum: 5cecc25993b66692117443ed1cd954af
SHA1: cfc859f0ab13ed00e627d9703064ae4fd0068085
SHA256: 99ebb2ec78a896871f454dd79f5008a10dec64f6805cdae43d2ee22fb75b744a
SHA512: 5708e9bab473a7cd1919fe35e81acdfe510724d1f25c90e63821826268556381356e4d29b07678c55e8454ac979df0e19a59101104d91d491858183e4febad96
Homepage: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
Description-md5: db096b22f8ec5f5c7a8ec614d12ca20a
Task: ubuntu-core, 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

Package: wpasupplicant
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.6-15ubuntu2
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: 2676
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.0.0), libreadline7 (>= 6.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), lsb-base, adduser
Suggests: wpagui, libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3)
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/wpasupplicant_2.6-15ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 952968
MD5sum: c6f7841fa28a4ca65350268fc1a38ad0
SHA1: 1d7c13ea8b7ef3cc906393348616b058cb84022e
SHA256: 055ad994b770cbf007e0e02bc5b69bfc715f40f0fa83b5a23ecceeb4b66f86b2
Homepage: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
Description-md5: db096b22f8ec5f5c7a8ec614d12ca20a
Task: ubuntu-core, 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