Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iwd on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is iwd
iwd is:
iNet Wireless Daemon (iwd) is a minimalistic wireless daemon
that uses modern Linux interfaces
like cfg80211 and nl80211 (netlink).
The daemon provides a D-Bus API.
The daemon can be controlled from the command line
with the included iwctl client utility.
The included iwmon utility can be used
to monitor the 802.11 subsystem generic netlink commands and events.
It uses the nlmon kernel driver from Linux 3.10 and later.
Note that the package defaults
to relying on dbus activation to start.
If you want to use iwd standalone without any manager,
then you’ll need to manually enable the system service.
There are three methods to install iwd on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iwd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iwd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iwd
Install iwd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iwd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iwd
Install iwd 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 iwd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iwd
How To Uninstall iwd on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the iwd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iwd
Uninstall iwd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iwd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iwd
Remove iwd Configurations and Data
To remove iwd configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iwd
Remove iwd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iwd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iwd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iwd package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
