How To Install libiw-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw-dev on Debian 9.
What is libiw-dev
libiw-dev is:
Wireless tools are used to manipulate the Linux Wireless Extensions. The Wireless Extension is an interface allowing you to set Wireless LAN specific parameters and get the specific stats.
This package contains the header files and static version of libiw.
There are three methods to install libiw-dev 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 libiw-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libiw-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libiw-dev
Install libiw-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libiw-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libiw-dev
Install libiw-dev 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 libiw-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libiw-dev
How To Uninstall libiw-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libiw-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libiw-dev
Uninstall libiw-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libiw-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiw-dev
Remove libiw-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libiw-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libiw-dev
Remove libiw-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libiw-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiw-dev
Dependencies
libiw-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.