How to Install and Uninstall aircrack-ng Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the aircrack-ng on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "aircrack-ng" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install aircrack-ng on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "aircrack-ng" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall aircrack-ng on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the aircrack-ng package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: aircrack-ng
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.6+git20210130.91820bc-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1863
Depends: ethtool, hwloc, iw, rfkill, usbutils, wireless-tools, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libhwloc15 (>= 2.4.1+dfsg), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libpcre3, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ieee-data, iproute2
Suggests: gpsd
Filename: pool/universe/a/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng_1.6+git20210130.91820bc-2_amd64.deb
Size: 515768
MD5sum: 3f31e511285080774e9152791868b4f4
SHA1: 3b0c63e0e2d9298bb6c3cf0bfd9ca0ec77bc99c5
SHA256: 758ff5ad8ad6da41ee581627de90248e4a62ab6480a114aa82486bc682951cd4
SHA512: 07b9156528f008413d40152d7a31f7cbd79bf68a62b242515f589179f0fedcec55381f4a67fd055224fe4e892d82a5b66fa57170b4667cc18d1673f15854f123
Homepage: https://www.aircrack-ng.org/
Description: wireless WEP/WPA cracking utilities
Description-md5: 9659071ca811e6a5bba38a9345409ece