How To Install bcm43xx-fwcutter on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcm43xx-fwcutter
on Fedora 36.
What is bcm43xx-fwcutter
This package contains the ‘bcm43xx-fwcutter’ tool which is used to extract firmware for the Broadcom network devices, from the official Windows, MacOS or Linux drivers. See the README.Fedora file shipped in the package’s documentation for instructions on using this tool.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install bcm43xx-fwcutter
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bcm43xx-fwcutter.
Install bcm43xx-fwcutter on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bcm43xx-fwcutter
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bcm43xx-fwcutter
Install bcm43xx-fwcutter on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bcm43xx-fwcutter
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bcm43xx-fwcutter
How To Uninstall bcm43xx-fwcutter on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the bcm43xx-fwcutter
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bcm43xx-fwcutter
bcm43xx-fwcutter Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/bcm43xx-fwcutter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/a68ca457c3855345467132c456fef4c077b290
/usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter
/usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter/README
/usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter/README.Fedora
/usr/share/man/man1/bcm43xx-fwcutter.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcm43xx-fwcutter
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).