How to Install aircrack-ng software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install aircrack-ng software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

aircrack-ng software package provides wireless WEP/WPA cracking utilities, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install aircrack-ng 

aircrack-ng is installed in your system.

Make ensure the aircrack-ng package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep aircrack-ng *

You will get with aircrack-ng package name, version, architecture and description in a table

aircrack-ng package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Network
Package aircrack-ng
Version 1:1.2-0~beta3-4
Description wireless WEP/WPA cracking utilities
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove aircrack-ng software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?