How to Install and Uninstall iw Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "iw" package

Please follow the guidance below to install iw on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall iw on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iw
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iw package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: iw
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.8-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paride Legovini
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 290
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7)
Recommends: crda
Filename: pool/main/i/iw/iw_5.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 97128
MD5sum: 66be95ce292f849597f7a291d53645dd
SHA1: e61dcdf647a027969a5fa8adfe740a36d678394e
SHA256: 146019a88916c8e2b88c0c347a09d5c2765feb26e29f0f3cddff71b46f069d0f
SHA512: ab8b03fc0f800f1862fe9189d7655fff1068b0805ff97021d7dedd9ff5733fb17b7b3f1d452b326997497fa961486bf5ce1538e7afbdf0242acbaa4037465e53
Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw
Description-en: tool for configuring Linux wireless devices
This package contains the `iw' tool which allows you to configure and show
information about wireless networking.
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In the future iw will become the canonical command line tool for wireless
configuration and iwconfig/wireless-tools will no longer be required. See
/usr/share/doc/iw/README.Debian for a more detailed overview of iw.
Description-md5: 4c6223f7a0c9b6124876da23f91821d0
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop