How To Install bcm43xx-fwcutter on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcm43xx-fwcutter in Fedora 36. bcm43xx-fwcutter is Firmware extraction tool for Broadcom wireless driver

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/).