How To Install iwd on Fedora 34
iwd is Wireless daemon for Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iwd on Fedora 34.
What is iwd
The daemon and utilities for controlling and configuring the Wi-Fi network hardware.
We can use yum or dnf to install iwd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iwd.
Install iwd on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install iwd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install iwd
Install iwd on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install iwd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install iwd
How To Uninstall iwd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the iwd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove iwd
iwd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/hwsim
/usr/bin/iwctl
/usr/bin/iwmon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/17dcfdd1d3609b73c701cfe16d25a785f34aae
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/bdd40243257101c25ee715c344bfafee350251
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/5d98165dd4ec962acb18e86c9217bf4aa191f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/953094a9ac09287079f0c3d02aea58c293bc33
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/0eb82f58eccf9616d648f39e40520fee60cd0e
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/pkcs8.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ead.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iwd.service
/usr/libexec/ead
/usr/libexec/iwd
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/net.connman.ead.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/net.connman.iwd.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/ead-dbus.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/hwsim-dbus.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/iwd-dbus.conf
/usr/share/doc/iwd
/usr/share/doc/iwd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/iwd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/iwd
/usr/share/licenses/iwd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/hwsim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iwctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iwmon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/iwd.ap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/iwd.config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/iwd.network.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/iwd.debug.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ead.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iwd.8.gz
/var/lib/ead
/var/lib/iwd
/usr/bin/hwsim
/usr/bin/iwctl
/usr/bin/iwmon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/7888337b2749ea48ddf64c70e38ea786e0adf2
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/8db94a140c6e930555527364b87954359b3277
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/372498e18c6994ef1cb08588d6a1dc9c2d12c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/8474fa982a8df2d00cf5db731bce476af99bd4
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/d90bc4fc755d347977bc8bc08c4336ac9ff426
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/pkcs8.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ead.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iwd.service
/usr/libexec/ead
/usr/libexec/iwd
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/net.connman.ead.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/net.connman.iwd.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/ead-dbus.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/hwsim-dbus.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/iwd-dbus.conf
/usr/share/doc/iwd
/usr/share/doc/iwd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/iwd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/iwd
/usr/share/licenses/iwd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/hwsim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iwctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iwmon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/iwd.ap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/iwd.config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/iwd.network.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/iwd.debug.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ead.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iwd.8.gz
/var/lib/ead
/var/lib/iwd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iwd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.