How to Install and Uninstall hostapd Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "hostapd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install hostapd on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall hostapd on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hostapd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hostapd package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: hostapd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.10-9ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: wpa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2299
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), lsb-base
Filename: pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_2.10-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 889932
MD5sum: 61cc3f090bcf43cbe27d6e39741687f1
SHA1: 510e2d4fd5edfbbd93433adc77290d07d770caa4
SHA256: e94103c9297b46503c0ef230b4ac174fcb4637a05bc8378dbb373c93396c9323
SHA512: 907990f2e7fdc7596ab2d32209dc15c406fafb9abf03af9db1df740fcbcd2f999db204dd90c71ecf390c04884b55d9e5bdba6c86c461a6398dc99cc11a11405c
Homepage: https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: access point and authentication server for Wi-Fi and Ethernet
Description-md5: 257c9917c3f422bfd740e723bd810814