1、download the latest packet from the official website.
http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Latest release:wpa_supplicant-2.4.tar.gz (source code for all versions)
2.build the gui client.
cd /home/shell.albert/temporary/wpa_supplicant-2.4/wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4
qmake
make
the application wpa_gui binary will generate.
3.run the wpa_supplicant daemon server.
vim mywpa.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant (here is very important,this is a local socket,the client gui communicates with daemon server will through this socket interface.).
root#wpa_supplicant -iwlp50 -c mywpa.conf
4.run the client gui
root#wpa_gui
by zhangshaoyan at May 19,2015.
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