How To Install wireless-crda on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-crda on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wireless-crda
wireless-crda is:
This package depends on the CRDA agent for wireless drivers to determine the regulatory domain channel and power settings.
There are three methods to install wireless-crda 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 wireless-crda Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wireless-crda using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wireless-crda
Install wireless-crda Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wireless-crda using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wireless-crda
Install wireless-crda 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 wireless-crda using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wireless-crda
How To Uninstall wireless-crda on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wireless-crda package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wireless-crda
Uninstall wireless-crda And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wireless-crda and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireless-crda
Remove wireless-crda Configurations and Data
To remove wireless-crda configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wireless-crda
Remove wireless-crda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wireless-crda configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireless-crda
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-crda package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
