Replace depracatred iwconfig to for example to nmcli.

[chiddekel]

Replace deprecated iwconfig with for example nmcli.

[ghostop14]

nmcli won't exist on all linux variants.

[chiddekel]

nmcli won't exist on all linux variants

R̶e̶p̶l̶a̶c̶e̶ add switch between nmcli and iwconfig

[sammyj85]

Fedora 36/37 do not have the deprecated iwconfig.
Which distros do not have an nmcli package?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/w5ughy/iwconfig_not_available_on_fedora/

[ghostop14]

Raspbian won't for sure. Ubuntu still has both.

[chiddekel]

Raspbian won't for sure. Ubuntu still has both.

If not nmcli then install :

http://www.intellamech.com/RaspberryPi-projects/rpi_nmcli.html

[sammyj85]

Raspbian won't for sure. Ubuntu still has both.

The network-manager package looks like it does include nmcli.

https://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/n/network-manager/

[chiddekel]

nmcli won't exist on all linux variants.

But can be installed.

[sammyj85]

iwconfig: "I can still see it in Ubuntu 22.04 but I have been reading about its deprecation for some time now. It’s been removed from Red Hat and many other distributions.
Suggested alternative: Use the iw command."

https://itsfoss.com/deprecated-linux-commands/

So iw may be an alternative as well, which is more widely installed by default.

[tazz4843]

I just hit this on a Fedora 40 laptop. I can't run sparrow at all because there's zero way for me to install iwconfig anyways.