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

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "iwd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install iwd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall iwd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: iwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Henriksson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1997
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/i/iwd/iwd_1.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 481612
MD5sum: ea0842becc24107ff832bff1dcb14dec
SHA1: 31e09828c83251fb3a446c42666ddb143c5af651
SHA256: 910c6051334282c205f803f8203138588cd05782a10d6b171e29ac2a5544a693
SHA512: 725e2267d5105313640e91ab4034a839bad76c09b230b6386fd322d30711151ce7a12987a58acec360d56a8cd9b053b7e0881f41e0960fe1955e5d0ec773c16f
Description-en: wireless daemon for Linux
Minimalistic wireless daemon that uses modern Linux interfaces like
cfg80211 and nl80211 (netlink). The daemon provides a D-Bus API.
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The daemon can be controlled from the command line with the included
iwctl client utility.
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The included iwmon utility can be used to monitor the 802.11 subsystem
generic netlink commands and events. It uses the nlmon kernel driver
from Linux 3.10 and later.
Description-md5: 364566bd1597739146a17b7fcf3458a2