Wireless Tools Installation in Fedora – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Wireless Tools Source

   Download Wireless Tools Source for Fedora GNU/Linux:

   Wireless Tools Source tar.gz Archive

   Downloading Wireless Tools Source for Fedora

3. 3. Extracting Wireless Tools

   Then Extract Wireless Tools into /tmp Directory
   If it does Not Open automatically then Double-Click/Right-Click to Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/wireless-tools*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

   Finally, if yuo are in Trouble to Find Out it on Terminal See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

4. 4. Installing Wireless Tools

   Then to Install Wireless Tools on Fedora
   First, access the Target with:

   cd /tmp/wireless-tools*

   Then to Build it:

   make

   Last, to Setup:

   sudo make install

5. 5. Amending User’s Path

   Again Append New Libraries into the Path
   With:

   echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib" >> ~/.bashrc

   And again to Reload the Bash User’s Path:

   bash

6. 6. Testing Wireless Tools

   Finally, to Test Wireless Tools Setup
   Run:

   iwconfig