How To Install firmware-ivtv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-ivtv on Debian 12.
What is firmware-ivtv
firmware-ivtv is:
This package contains the binary firmware for TV cards with Conexant iTVC15-family MPEG codecs, supported by the ivtv and pvrusb2 drivers.
Contents:
- Conexant CX23415/CX23416 MPEG codec (decoder) (v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw)
- Conexant CX23415/CX23416 MPEG codec (encoder) (v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw)
- Conexant CX23415/CX23416 MPEG codec (initialization) (v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg)
- Hauppauge PVR USB2 24xxx models (v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw)
- Hauppauge PVR USB2 29xxx models (v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw)
This firmware is covered by the Hauppauge End-User Firmware License Agreement. You must agree to the terms of this license before it is installed.
There are three methods to install firmware-ivtv on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install firmware-ivtv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-ivtv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firmware-ivtv
Install firmware-ivtv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-ivtv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firmware-ivtv
Install firmware-ivtv Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-ivtv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firmware-ivtv
How To Uninstall firmware-ivtv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the firmware-ivtv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-ivtv
Uninstall firmware-ivtv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firmware-ivtv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-ivtv
Remove firmware-ivtv Configurations and Data
To remove firmware-ivtv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-ivtv
Remove firmware-ivtv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firmware-ivtv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-ivtv
Dependencies
firmware-ivtv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-ivtv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
