Install wireless-tools on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install wireless-tools
Learn how to install wireless-tools with the command sudo apt-get install wireless-tools on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of wireless-tools:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: wireless-tools
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install wireless-tools
Package Details | |
| Package: | wireless-tools |
| Version: | 30~pre9-5ubuntu2 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Core Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html |
| Description: | Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions This package contains the Wireless tools, 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. Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | net |
How to install wireless-tools on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If wireless-tools is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L wireless-tools' will give followin error.
Installing wireless-tools:
After system update use the following command to install wireless-tools:
sudo apt-get install wireless-tools
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove wireless-tools from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the wireless-tools from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the wireless-tools following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove wireless-tools
Following command is used to remove the wireless-tools package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove wireless-tools
This will remove wireless-tools and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing wireless-tools with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge wireless-tools
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove wireless-tools
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with wireless-tools package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.