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lkraemer

Member

Registered: 2012-02-18

Posts: 37

ArchLinux-2012.08.04 - ifconfig, iwconfig, iwlist missing ???

I've installed ArchLinux-2012.08.04 on my Centon 32Gig USB Flash Drive.  During the arch-chroot session, I was using a Wifi connection.
I used

pacman -Syyu

to update my system.  I used

pacman -S network-manager-applet gnome-keyring

to install "network Manager & Gnome Keyring".  Then, I used

exit

to terminate the session and used the following commands
to boot my new install:

umount /mnt/home
umount /mnt
reboot

The new install booted, and I logged in as root with my preset password.  I tried to setup my Wifi, but the following commands are missing from
my install:

ifconfig
iwconfig
iwlist

but, dhcpcd is present along with the man page.  How do I get the ifconfig, iwconfig, & iwlist commands installed?  They work from a LiveDVD
but not from my USB Flash Drive install..............

Thanks.

Larry

Last edited by lkraemer (2012-08-06 15:02:31)

Stef

Member

Registered: 2008-03-26

Posts: 18

Re: ArchLinux-2012.08.04 - ifconfig, iwconfig, iwlist missing ???

Hey lkraemer,

ifconfig has been replaced with ip in the default install.

iwconfig and iwlist are part of wireless_tools

[user@host ~]$ pacman -Ql wireless_tools
wireless_tools /usr/
wireless_tools /usr/include/
wireless_tools /usr/include/iwlib.h
wireless_tools /usr/include/wireless.h
wireless_tools /usr/lib/
wireless_tools /usr/lib/libiw.so
wireless_tools /usr/lib/libiw.so.29
wireless_tools /usr/sbin/
wireless_tools /usr/sbin/ifrename
wireless_tools /usr/sbin/iwconfig
wireless_tools /usr/sbin/iwevent
wireless_tools /usr/sbin/iwgetid
wireless_tools /usr/sbin/iwlist
wireless_tools /usr/sbin/iwpriv
wireless_tools /usr/sbin/iwspy

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: ArchLinux-2012.08.04 - ifconfig, iwconfig, iwlist missing ???

Neither https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide nor https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide tells you to use ifconfig.
Please follow the wiki.