How To Install wireless-regdb on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb on Debian 11. wireless-regdb is wireless regulatory database for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb on Debian 11.

What is wireless-regdb

wireless-regdb is:

This package provides a machine-readable database of legal regulations on radio emissions that affect use of wireless networking. The Linux kernel and drivers use this to maintain compliance with those regulations.

There are three methods to install wireless-regdb on Debian 11. 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-regdb 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-regdb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wireless-regdb

Install wireless-regdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wireless-regdb

Install wireless-regdb 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 wireless-regdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wireless-regdb

How To Uninstall wireless-regdb on Debian 11

To uninstall only the wireless-regdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wireless-regdb

Uninstall wireless-regdb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wireless-regdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireless-regdb

Remove wireless-regdb Configurations and Data

To remove wireless-regdb configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wireless-regdb

Remove wireless-regdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireless-regdb

Dependencies

wireless-regdb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.