How To Install wireless-regdb on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb on Ubuntu 20.04. wireless-regdb is wireless regulatory database wireless regulatory database wireless regulatory database

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `wireless-regdb`

wireless-regdb is:

This package contains the wireless regulatory database used by the Central Regulatory Database Agent (CRDA) to configure wireless devices to operate within the radio spectrum allowed in the local jurisdiction.

This regulatory information is provided with no warranty either expressed or implied. Only Linux drivers which use cfg80211 framework can make use of the regulatory database and CRDA. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: wireless-regdb Architecture: all Version: 2020.11.20-0ubuntu1~20.04.1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: net Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Seth Forshee [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 32 Suggests: crda Filename: pool/main/w/wireless-regdb/wireless-regdb_2020.11.20-0ubuntu1~20.04.1_all.deb Size: 10252 MD5sum: 8fd0e8ed8dc810507fd3a35a0c2a1572 SHA1: 5717c4815b99e0f0c60cf3e747aa0969cb2f9548 SHA256: 859615aab30ff5421637b12bfc252dce5f4041cf7b46aab00db246da2770b9d4 SHA512: 23aaab7ab0e21ab98b8128c7e88180685e2a1554e8aeff3917c9cf3bab16056df54dabdd27d6776fc8834fd43a08cf256f49d5d54efc3a045300a4d3be4655cd Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory/wireless-regdb Description-en: wireless regulatory database This package contains the wireless regulatory database used by the Central Regulatory Database Agent (CRDA) to configure wireless devices to operate within the radio spectrum allowed in the local jurisdiction.

Package: wireless-regdb Architecture: all Version: 2018.05.09-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: net Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Seth Forshee [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 33 Suggests: crda Filename: pool/main/w/wireless-regdb/wireless-regdb_2018.05.09-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 11040 MD5sum: 6cad086c2b54ac81d089de56c5c8c57d SHA1: 9e5e668b3f941c0e24e725ac7ba1a908f83edece SHA256: 05950dc35c802ef1e94725562808f4b004d28819550806ee7c8446d77116b3e4 Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/#The_regulatory_database Description-en: wireless regulatory database This package contains the wireless regulatory database used by the Central Regulatory Database Agent (CRDA) to configure wireless devices to operate within the radio spectrum allowed in the local jurisdiction.

There are three methods to install wireless-regdb on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wireless-regdb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wireless-regdb

Install wireless-regdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wireless-regdb

Install wireless-regdb 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 wireless-regdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wireless-regdb

How To Uninstall wireless-regdb on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the wireless-regdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wireless-regdb

Uninstall wireless-regdb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wireless-regdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireless-regdb

Remove wireless-regdb Configurations and Data

To remove wireless-regdb configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wireless-regdb

Remove wireless-regdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireless-regdb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.