How To Install wpagui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wpagui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wpagui
wpagui is:
wpagui provides a Qt interface for choosing which configured network to connect to. It also provides a method for browsing 802.11 SSID scan results, an event history log of messages generated by wpa_supplicant, and a method to add or edit wpa_supplicant networks.
There are three methods to install wpagui 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 wpagui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wpagui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wpagui
Install wpagui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wpagui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wpagui
Install wpagui 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 wpagui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wpagui
How To Uninstall wpagui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wpagui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wpagui
Uninstall wpagui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wpagui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wpagui
Remove wpagui Configurations and Data
To remove wpagui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wpagui
Remove wpagui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wpagui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wpagui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wpagui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
