How To Install libiw30 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw30 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiw30
Remove libiw30 Configurations and Data
To remove libiw30 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiw30 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.