steps to compile wpa_supplicant ubuntu 16

Q . Step by Step wpa_suplicant 2.6 compile in Ubuntu 16.4

Q. How to compile wpa_supplicant 2.6 in Ubuntu 

wpa_supplicant is IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It is a cross-platform supplicant with support for WPA2 , WPA and WEP  (IEEE 802.11i / RSN (Robust Secure Network)). It is work on desktops, laptops and embedded systems. wpa_supplicant is the.

OS - Ubuntu 16.4 Xenial

lsb_release -a

Step 1

Install Requirement Packages

apt install libssl-dev build-essential checkinstall  pkg-config

apt install dbus libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-2 libdbus-glib-1-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev

apt install libnl-genl-3-dev libnl-3-dev

Step 2 

Download wap_supplicant source package & Extract

cd /tmp

https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant

OR

wget https://w1.fi/releases/wpa_supplicant-2.6.tar.gz wpa_supplicant2.6.tar.gz

Extract  wpa_supplicant2.6.tar.gz

tar xvf  wpa_supplicant2.6.tar.gz

Step 3

Create a build configuration file that should work for standard WiFi setups by running the following command.

cd wpa_supplicant2.6

cat > wpa_supplicant/.config << "EOF"

CONFIG_BACKEND=file

CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y

CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y

CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y

CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG_FACILITY=LOG_DAEMON

CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y

CONFIG_DRIVER_WEXT=y

CONFIG_DRIVER_WIRED=y

CONFIG_EAP_GTC=y

CONFIG_EAP_LEAP=y

CONFIG_EAP_MD5=y

CONFIG_EAP_MSCHAPV2=y

CONFIG_EAP_OTP=y

CONFIG_EAP_PEAP=y

CONFIG_EAP_TLS=y

CONFIG_EAP_TTLS=y

CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y

CONFIG_IPV6=y

CONFIG_LIBNL32=y

CONFIG_PEERKEY=y

CONFIG_PKCS12=y

CONFIG_READLINE=y

CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y

CONFIG_WPS=y

CFLAGS += -I/usr/include/libnl3

EOF

If you use WPA Supplicant with NetworkManager 1.8.0, add the following options to the WPA Supplicant build configuration 

cat >> wpa_supplicant/.config << "EOF"

CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS=y

CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_NEW=y

CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO=y

EOF

Step 4

Compile & create package

cd wpa_supplicant

make

Install Wpa_supplicant & create wpa_supplicant 2.6 package

checkinstall

Press Enter  

Step 5

Package created check on same directory 

ls wpa-supplicant*

Step 6

Check wpa_supplicant version

wpa_supplicant -v