How to install LinSSID on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint. LinSSID is a free graphical wireless scanner tool for Ubuntu/Linux Mint systems.
LinSSID is similar to iwScanner and Inssider (for MS Windows). It is a powerful application for wireless scanning designed from scratch using C++, Qwt, and Qt languages. LinSSID displays the information available in graphical format – displays a table of all of the local wireless networks, displays charts of the signal strength of each network by channel number. LinSSID also works with more than one wireless device, but only one device can be selected at a time.
Install LinSSID Graphical Wireless Scanner Tool
The LinSSID graphical wireless scanner tool is available for 64-bit (amd64) and 32-bit (i386) Linux systems. LinSSID may be installed either by downloading source, or adding a PPA for Debian/Ubuntu systems.
To install LinSSID in Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 17.1/17/13 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linssid
Please note that LinSSID requires root privilege to run. The best method is to launch LinSSID as a regular user and let it ask for a password.