How To Install firmware-qcom-soc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-qcom-soc on Kali Linux. firmware-qcom-soc is Binary firmware for Qualcomm SoCs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-qcom-soc on Kali Linux.

What is firmware-qcom-soc

firmware-qcom-soc is:

This package contains the binary firmware for Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs.

Contents:

  • Qualcomm Adreno 300 PFP firmware (qcom/a300_pfp.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 300 PM4 firmware (qcom/a300_pm4.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 PFP firmware (qcom/a530_pfp.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 PM4 firmware (qcom/a530_pm4.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 Zap firmware part 0 (qcom/a530_zap.b00)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 Zap firmware part 1 (qcom/a530_zap.b01)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 Zap firmware part 2 (qcom/a530_zap.b02)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 Zap firmware header (qcom/a530_zap.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 v3 GPMU firmware (qcom/a530v3_gpmu.fw2)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 v3 GPMU firmware (qcom/a530v3_gpmu.fw2)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 630 GMU firmware (qcom/a630_gmu.bin)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 630 SQE firmware (qcom/a630_sqe.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 650 GMU firmware (qcom/a650_gmu.bin)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 650 SQE firmware (qcom/a650_sqe.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 630 SDM845 ZAP firmware (qcom/sdm845/a630_zap.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 audio firmware (qcom/sdm845/adsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 audio configuration (qcom/sdm845/adspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 audio configuration (qcom/sdm845/adspua.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 compute firmware (qcom/sdm845/cdsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 compute configuration (qcom/sdm845/cdspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 modem firmware (qcom/sdm845/mba.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 modem firmware (qcom/sdm845/modem.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 modem configuration (qcom/sdm845/modemuw.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 ZAP firmware (qcom/sm8250/a650_zap.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 audio firmware (qcom/sm8250/adsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 audio general config (qcom/sm8250/adspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 audio config (qcom/sm8250/adspua.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 compute DSP firmware (qcom/sm8250/cdsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 compute DSP config (qcom/sm8250/cdspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm Venus 1.8 firmware part 0 (qcom/venus-1.8/venus.b00)
  • Qualcomm Venus 1.8 firmware part 1 (qcom/venus-1.8/venus.b01)
  • Qualcomm Venus 1.8 firmware part 2 (qcom/venus-1.8/venus.b02)
  • Qualcomm Venus 1.8 firmware part 3 (qcom/venus-1.8/venus.b03)
  • Qualcomm Venus 1.8 firmware part 4 (qcom/venus-1.8/venus.b04)
  • Qualcomm Venus 1.8 firmware header (qcom/venus-1.8/venus.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Venus 4.2 firmware part 0 (qcom/venus-4.2/venus.b00)
  • Qualcomm Venus 4.2 firmware part 1 (qcom/venus-4.2/venus.b01)
  • Qualcomm Venus 4.2 firmware part 2 (qcom/venus-4.2/venus.b02)
  • Qualcomm Venus 4.2 firmware part 3 (qcom/venus-4.2/venus.b03)
  • Qualcomm Venus 4.2 firmware part 4 (qcom/venus-4.2/venus.b04)
  • Qualcomm Venus 4.2 firmware header (qcom/venus-4.2/venus.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.2 firmware part 0 (qcom/venus-5.2/venus.b00)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.2 firmware part 1 (qcom/venus-5.2/venus.b01)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.2 firmware part 2 (qcom/venus-5.2/venus.b02)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.2 firmware part 3 (qcom/venus-5.2/venus.b03)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.2 firmware part 4 (qcom/venus-5.2/venus.b04)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.2 firmware (qcom/venus-5.2/venus.mbn)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.2 firmware header (qcom/venus-5.2/venus.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.4 firmware part 0 (qcom/venus-5.4/venus.b00)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.4 firmware part 1 (qcom/venus-5.4/venus.b01)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.4 firmware part 2 (qcom/venus-5.4/venus.b02)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.4 firmware part 3 (qcom/venus-5.4/venus.b03)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.4 firmware part 4 (qcom/venus-5.4/venus.b04)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.4 firmware (qcom/venus-5.4/venus.mbn)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.4 firmware header (qcom/venus-5.4/venus.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 0 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b00)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 1 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b01)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 2 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b02)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 3 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b03)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 4 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b04)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 5 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b05)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 6 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b06)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 7 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b07)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 8 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b08)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 9 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b09)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 10 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b10)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare part 19 (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.b19)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.mbn)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare header (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.mdt)

There are three methods to install firmware-qcom-soc on Kali Linux. 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-qcom-soc 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-qcom-soc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-qcom-soc

Install firmware-qcom-soc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-qcom-soc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install firmware-qcom-soc

Install firmware-qcom-soc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-qcom-soc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-qcom-soc

How To Uninstall firmware-qcom-soc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the firmware-qcom-soc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firmware-qcom-soc

Uninstall firmware-qcom-soc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firmware-qcom-soc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-qcom-soc

Remove firmware-qcom-soc Configurations and Data

To remove firmware-qcom-soc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-qcom-soc

Remove firmware-qcom-soc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove firmware-qcom-soc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-qcom-soc

Dependencies

firmware-qcom-soc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-qcom-soc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.