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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "iwd" package

This is a short guide on how to install iwd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall iwd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: iwd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.12-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2176
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Recommends: dbus | dbus-system-bus, wireless-regdb
Filename: pool/universe/i/iwd/iwd_1.12-1_amd64.deb
Size: 548956
MD5sum: 667290154b7bf9df1d9ec9cecf717e41
SHA1: c57752632e5ffdc4054e784c96cc9c7762bf30b2
SHA256: 80f908910c565c6abb1c8d95147dccd292fbf5d90b07ffebc909992bcc24b109
SHA512: 997270ab25a4593377a6462dbc542ee6f24e103760cc708948a39f44fcc80b4c9642a9db3c75a95943a878b8f4d1646c1953d9b8717fd704ef1e13052478aa90
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.
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Note that the package defaults
to relying on dbus activation to start.
If you want to use iwd standalone without any manager,
then you'll need to manually enable the system service.
Description-md5: a9769a71bf9790b06c262a00705b63b9