How to Install and Uninstall wpasupplicant Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the wpasupplicant 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 "wpasupplicant" package

This is a short guide on how to install wpasupplicant on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wpasupplicant" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall wpasupplicant on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wpasupplicant package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: wpasupplicant
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.10-6ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: wpa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3829
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.4.0), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.0.0), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), lsb-base, adduser
Suggests: wpagui, libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/wpasupplicant_2.10-6ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1480766
MD5sum: e7d0380223759f0da9d1a6c7c957e352
SHA1: 917b7ea4aa98ac5b4c3cfc4b87fa67c49e7171e8
SHA256: 51c636a385b0c9cee113fa49cec5b55a27a16492f54b56edfe853d59f3efd207
SHA512: 8d350a022e70c715fc0614ba150e096f2bb06744cdc3166553011b8d186d420399c1689df64ffe8fdda6ce872233292902f018acdcbe5897f63e5133b75bedb6
Homepage: https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
Description-md5: 45df452b36e1c438641626b096751680
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-server-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi

Package: wpasupplicant
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.10-6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: wpa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3829
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.4.0), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.0.0), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), lsb-base, adduser
Suggests: wpagui, libengine-pkcs11-openssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wpa/wpasupplicant_2.10-6_amd64.deb
Size: 1480524
MD5sum: 8a19535101c3c9eff568a56875423454
SHA1: b5860ad6b7a8cca5495257153cdf50ef8ec1a748
SHA256: 204daa3d070d202347ddfff6df1731234ce6f2321b832afa9ed91c2870bdd878
SHA512: 43ef5fd3685aba8dda5e40271d0c3a611c454767a38c61c72cf9be3ab76d78b8ed18d96b29d6c0c46aee06249f765d32ca4b1dceb62cf8b4d97e662bc9a4443d
Homepage: https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)
Description-md5: 45df452b36e1c438641626b096751680
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-server-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi