How To Install wpa_supplicant on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install wpa_supplicant in Fedora 36. wpa_supplicant is WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant

Introduction

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

What is wpa_supplicant

wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver.

We can use yum or dnf to install wpa_supplicant on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wpa_supplicant.

Install wpa_supplicant 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 wpa_supplicant using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wpa_supplicant

Install wpa_supplicant 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 wpa_supplicant using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wpa_supplicant

How To Uninstall wpa_supplicant on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove wpa_supplicant

wpa_supplicant Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf
/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/wpa_supplicant
/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
/etc/wpa_supplicant
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/ed87636530df2856a0db91b77f1329cd757571
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/989480b1f155fefd3166d858c0436cf8c05b78
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/f08beec9f2cf4a8a72c6f04dd366af97e47ea1
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/b918370beadd2c987402d77864ff4aa3e7a0f4
/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service
/usr/sbin/eapol_test
/usr/sbin/wpa_cli
/usr/sbin/wpa_passphrase
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/README
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/eap_testing.txt
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/60_wpa_supplicant
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/dbus-listen-preq.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/dpp-nfc.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/dpp-qrcode.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/ieee8021x.conf
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/openCryptoki.conf
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p-action-udhcp.sh
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p-action.sh
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p-nfc.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p/p2p_connect.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p/p2p_disconnect.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p/p2p_find.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p/p2p_flush.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p/p2p_group_add.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p/p2p_invite.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p/p2p_listen.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/p2p/p2p_stop_find.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/plaintext.conf
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/udhcpd-p2p.conf
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wep.conf
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wpa-psk-tkip.conf
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wpa2-eap-ccmp.conf
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wpas-dbus-new-getall.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wpas-dbus-new-signals.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wpas-dbus-new-wps.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wpas-dbus-new.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wps-ap-cli
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples/wps-nfc.py
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/todo.txt
/usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
/usr/share/licenses/wpa_supplicant
/usr/share/licenses/wpa_supplicant/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/wpa_supplicant.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/eapol_test.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wpa_background.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wpa_cli.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wpa_passphrase.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wpa_priv.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wpa_supplicant.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wpa_supplicant on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).