How To Install libiw30 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw30 on Kali Linux.

What is libiw30

libiw30 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 dynamic library libiw.

There are three methods to install libiw30 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libiw30 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libiw30 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiw30

Install libiw30 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiw30 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiw30

Install libiw30 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libiw30 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiw30

How To Uninstall libiw30 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libiw30 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiw30

Uninstall libiw30 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiw30 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiw30

Remove libiw30 Configurations and Data

To remove libiw30 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiw30

Remove libiw30 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiw30 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiw30

Dependencies

libiw30 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libiw30 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw30 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.