How To Install libiw-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw-dev on Debian 9. libiw-dev is Wireless tools - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw-dev on Debian 9.

What is libiw-dev

libiw-dev is:

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.

This package contains the header files and static version of libiw.

There are three methods to install libiw-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libiw-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libiw-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiw-dev

Install libiw-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiw-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiw-dev

Install libiw-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libiw-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiw-dev

How To Uninstall libiw-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libiw-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiw-dev

Uninstall libiw-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiw-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiw-dev

Remove libiw-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libiw-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiw-dev

Remove libiw-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiw-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiw-dev

Dependencies

libiw-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.