How To Install iwd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwd in Fedora 36. iwd is Wireless daemon for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwd on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iwd.

Install iwd on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iwd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iwd

Install iwd on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove iwd

iwd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/hwsim
/usr/bin/iwctl
/usr/bin/iwmon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/90027d9a0a59ffed49e3f02bf715e0deae230a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/ae8834dc7f61f9700e55fbfd447bc55726b5da
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/50e264e234642fe897dbd7c2f166f3ee6e6f9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/6e3db5d8ddb76a3a4e7cec50d0f7249c4a181f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/5502914596a14af4db6f7cd1a46fe3fbeaae9e
/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 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).