How to Install and Uninstall wpasupplicant Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "wpasupplicant" package

Please follow the instructions below to install wpasupplicant on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall wpasupplicant on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: wpasupplicant
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.3
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: 3407
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), 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), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), lsb-base, adduser
Suggests: wpagui, libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3)
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/wpasupplicant_2.9-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
Size: 1183328
MD5sum: 978da194a4af9c2c40791b6e134414ff
SHA1: 880fd0305ec9b658e515fd7113ac914e27a669e4
SHA256: f7de77695c173a7aa945a4b07e1b930b28101b0f74ce5e6ac8439c7d22e9533c
SHA512: 4ccf19627156f683d718c916a4132d28273c6f5745f89b2015146f9c86b22a702691173199942c7388a29eb914601ce3540ae3ca00b8397685ee94cfe1834e56
Homepage: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
Description-md5: db096b22f8ec5f5c7a8ec614d12ca20a
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: wpasupplicant
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.9-1ubuntu4
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: 3406
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), 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), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), lsb-base, adduser
Suggests: wpagui, libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3)
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/wpasupplicant_2.9-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 1182616
MD5sum: 7536376881da0c4f371f6012836fcbb5
SHA1: 442ea6aaac234017ff691890806654e1c43989d4
SHA256: cedafe7aa1bcfff41340f10c836534af12094a3087e35958a31cf6b2e77b06ca
Homepage: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
Description-md5: db096b22f8ec5f5c7a8ec614d12ca20a
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop