How To Install wireless-regdb on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireless-regdb on Ubuntu.
What is wireless-regdb
wireless-regdb is:
This package contains the wireless regulatory database used by the Central Regulatory Database Agent (CRDA) to configure wireless devices to operate within the radio spectrum allowed in the local jurisdiction.
This regulatory information is provided with no warranty either expressed or implied. Only Linux drivers which use cfg80211 framework can make use of the regulatory database and CRDA.
There are three methods to install wireless-regdb on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu
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 Ubuntu, 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 Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.