How To Install wifi-qr on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wifi-qr on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is wifi-qr
wifi-qr is:
Xiaomi Android phones has started using QR to use WiFi for sharing. The idea was to get started with Bash, from Android to PC or PC to Mobile, and use Interface for zenity, QR for zbar and qrencode, and nmcli from Network-Manager for Network. For security, you can use WPA, WPA2, WEP, Open and share with the Hidden Network. QR code does not support LDAP Network and VPN. Android can easily generate WiFi QR, but iOS isn’t quite so sure.
There are three methods to install wifi-qr on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wifi-qr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wifi-qr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wifi-qr
Install wifi-qr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wifi-qr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wifi-qr
Install wifi-qr 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install wifi-qr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wifi-qr
How To Uninstall wifi-qr on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the wifi-qr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wifi-qr
Uninstall wifi-qr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wifi-qr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wifi-qr
Remove wifi-qr Configurations and Data
To remove wifi-qr configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wifi-qr
Remove wifi-qr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wifi-qr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wifi-qr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wifi-qr package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
