How To Install airport-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install airport-utils on Debian 9.
What is airport-utils
airport-utils is:
This package contains various utilities to manage the Apple AirPort base stations.
Be aware that Apple released several versions of the AirPort base station; the original AirPort (“Graphite”) was a rebranded Lucent RG-1000 base station, doing 802.11a/b. The AirPort Extreme (“Snow”) is an Apple-built 802.11a/b/g base station.
For the original Apple AirPort and the Lucent RG-1000 base stations only:
- airport-config: base station configurator
- airport-linkmon: wireless link monitor, gives information on the wireless link quality between the base station and the associated hosts
For the Apple AirPort Extreme base stations only:
- airport2-config: base station configurator
- airport2-portinspector: port maps monitor
- airport2-ipinspector: WAN interface monitoring utility
For all:
- airport-modem: modem control utility, displays modem state, starts/stops modem connections, displays the approximate connection time (Extreme only)
- airport-hostmon: wireless hosts monitor, lists wireless hosts connected to the base station (see airport2-portinspector for the Snow)
There are three methods to install airport-utils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install airport-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install airport-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install airport-utils
Install airport-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install airport-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install airport-utils
Install airport-utils 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install airport-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install airport-utils
How To Uninstall airport-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the airport-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove airport-utils
Uninstall airport-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall airport-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove airport-utils
Remove airport-utils Configurations and Data
To remove airport-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge airport-utils
Remove airport-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove airport-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge airport-utils
Dependencies
airport-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install airport-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.