How to Install and Uninstall hostapd Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "hostapd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install hostapd on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall hostapd on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: hostapd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.10-15
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: 2273
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)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_2.10-15_amd64.deb
Size: 899086
MD5sum: a3b806427602c773ce1f60ba1a027ca5
SHA1: 6a9aec69f8ad942bb277f67121f5917d3086dd8a
SHA256: ffe2f60583742effac3fdf1db5605785fd382a8573aa1144109f0452518364d6
SHA512: 4ce530e2879030227215f8a5cb6f98ca18da033f027275a82fb05def0fc75f1f1086c5a86bdc2c7015efc848918668e8bdc4e898cfe1d3985ae5d4db640fc6fb
Homepage: https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Description: access point and authentication server for Wi-Fi and Ethernet
Description-md5: 257c9917c3f422bfd740e723bd810814