How To Install wavemon on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wavemon on Debian 9.
What is wavemon
wavemon is:
Wavemon allows you to watch signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware.
There are three methods to install wavemon 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 wavemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wavemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wavemon
Install wavemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wavemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wavemon
Install wavemon 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 wavemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wavemon
How To Uninstall wavemon on Debian 9
To uninstall only the wavemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wavemon
Uninstall wavemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wavemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wavemon
Remove wavemon Configurations and Data
To remove wavemon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wavemon
Remove wavemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wavemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wavemon
Dependencies
wavemon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wavemon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.