How to Install and Uninstall iw Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "iw" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install iw on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall iw on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: iw
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.9-3
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: 298
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7)
Recommends: wireless-regdb
Filename: pool/main/i/iw/iw_5.9-3_amd64.deb
Size: 98136
MD5sum: 09c2f58eff4f0103ef43c2fd83d914fc
SHA1: 459202b5e6c165bb41a5d9625922ac7790235e9c
SHA256: 8efef7407db38406ea6b8be80b71e47b166d4b16d6b3f4a0d3c3601f64e0375a
SHA512: 5fc32f6b5594a4b2196e17b140fad007e630632dc22ecff47ccdb8c9ab7b4c1d864ab9294388753be1cc8f9f4e0cf0b806c746f21f521349f082d7a16d313727
Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw
Description-en: tool for configuring Linux wireless devices
This package contains the 'iw' command line tool which allows to configure and
show information about wireless devices.
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iw is based on the nl80211 kernel interface and supports the majority of
fairly recent hardware. The old tool iwconfig, which uses Wireless Extensions
interface, is deprecated and it is strongly recommended to switch to iw and
nl80211.
Description-md5: f13d229ea124aa9f64880f0d4e9ba79f