Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, LinSSID is a Linux wireless tool written in C++ and using Qt5. It brings a graphical user interface over the iwlist tool. Basicly, LinSSID displays all the wireless networks available and information about them. The latest version available is LinSSID 2.7 which has been recently released:
- Hopefully fixes an occassional problem in some configurations where LinSSID hangs during scan when the wifi interface is connected to an attach point
- Updated vendor database
- Fixes a possible bug in interface detection
- Static link to libboost-regex
- Update vendor database
- Fixes an issue with how the zsh shell interprets command lines.
In this article I will show you how to install LinSSID 2.7 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2, Debian 8 Jessie, Debian 7 Wheezy and other Ubuntu and Debian derivative systems.
For Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the linssid package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install linssid
Optional, to remove linssid, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove linssid
For Debian 8 Jessie and Debian 7 Wheezy, we have to download the deb package from sourceforge and install them via command-line. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install LinSSID 2.7 on 32 bit Debian 8 and Debian 7 systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/linssid/files/LinSSID_2.7/linssid_2.7-1_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi linssid_2.7-1_i386.deb
How to install LinSSID 2.7 on 64 bit Debian 8 and Debian 7 systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/linssid/files/LinSSID_2.7/linssid_2.7-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ sudo gdebi linssid_2.7-1_amd64.deb
Optional, to remove linssid, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove linssid
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