How to Install and Uninstall libiw-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libiw-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libiw-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libiw-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libiw-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libiw-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libiw-dev
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 160
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guus Sliepen
Architecture: amd64
Source: wireless-tools
Version: 30~pre9-8ubuntu1
Depends: libiw30 (= 30~pre9-8ubuntu1), libc6-dev
Filename: pool/main/w/wireless-tools/libiw-dev_30~pre9-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 38244
MD5sum: 8a605fdb0eedb8d29f9216fe1e259343
SHA1: 7803048eff178b8ada7624d09ad77de625a31d5f
SHA256: ab61fadffd8ca4c264989f5064fe25d96bb978c1de0d3700f8378995ea2714ca
Description-en: Wireless tools - development files
Wireless tools are used to manipulate the Linux Wireless Extensions. The
Wireless Extension is an interface allowing you to set Wireless LAN specific
parameters and get the specific stats.
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This package contains the header files and static version of libiw.
Description-md5: d036482ad716eb508c40fc614600d60f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m