How to Install and Uninstall iw Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "iw" package

Learn how to install iw on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall iw on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iw
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iw package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: iw
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 218
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian wpasupplicant Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.17-1
Replaces: aircrack-ng (<< 1:1.0~rc2-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7)
Recommends: crda
Breaks: aircrack-ng (<< 1:1.0~rc2-1)
Filename: pool/main/i/iw/iw_3.17-1_amd64.deb
Size: 63476
MD5sum: 5324bb96847e145d4c5faa9e7558bf6f
SHA1: 7145843c225b15f10a543e84401b02a8921c3629
SHA256: c8ec0554408335a3737a173589f090bb61faf4f275e7a35572c81918f9b248c5
Description-en: tool for configuring Linux wireless devices
This package contains the `iw' tool which allows you to configure and show
information about wireless networking.
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In the future iw will become the canonical command line tool for wireless
configuration and iwconfig/wireless-tools will no longer be required. See
/usr/share/doc/iw/README.Debian for a more detailed overview of iw.
Description-md5: 4c6223f7a0c9b6124876da23f91821d0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop