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Recompiling wpa_supplicant with GNU-TLS instead of OpenSSL
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To recompile and reinstall wpasupplicant using GNU-TLS instead of OpenSSL on Ubuntu (and derivated distros):

sudo su
cd /usr/src
apt-get install devscripts
apt-get build-dep wpasupplicant
apt-get install libgnutls-dev
apt-get source wpasupplicant

We then open the file /usr/src/wpasupplicant-x.x.x/debian/config/linux and replace

CONFIG_TLS=openssl

with

CONFIG_TLS=gnutls
CONFIG_GNUTLS_EXTRA=y

Then write a changelog so the package doesn't get overwritten by the one on the repositories, by running:

dch -i

and, still as root, recompile and install:

cd /usr/src/wpasupplicant*/
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
cd ..
dpkg -i wpasupplicant*.deb

and reset network-manager for changes to take effect:

service network-manager stop
killall -9 wpa_supplicant
service network-manager start

To hold the package so it doesn't get updated, just in case, run:

aptitude hold wpasupplicant
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