How To Install libiw30 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libiw30 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libiw30 is Wireless tools - library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw30 on Debian 10.

What is libiw30

libiw30 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 dynamic library libiw.

There are three methods to install libiw30 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libiw30 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libiw30 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiw30

Install libiw30 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiw30 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiw30

Install libiw30 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 libiw30 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiw30

How To Uninstall libiw30 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libiw30 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiw30

Uninstall libiw30 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiw30 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiw30

Remove libiw30 Configurations and Data

To remove libiw30 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiw30

Remove libiw30 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiw30 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiw30

Dependencies

libiw30 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw30 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.