How To Install iwl6050-firmware on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iwl6050-firmware
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is iwl6050-firmware
This package contains the firmware required by the Intel wireless drivers for Linux. Usage of the firmware is subject to the terms and conditions contained inside the provided LICENSE file. Please read it carefully.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install iwl6050-firmware
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iwl6050-firmware.
Install iwl6050-firmware on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install iwl6050-firmware
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install iwl6050-firmware
Install iwl6050-firmware on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install iwl6050-firmware
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install iwl6050-firmware
How To Uninstall iwl6050-firmware on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the iwl6050-firmware
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove iwl6050-firmware
iwl6050-firmware Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode
/usr/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode
/usr/share/licenses/iwl6050-firmware
/usr/share/licenses/iwl6050-firmware/LICENCE.iwlwifi_firmware
/usr/share/licenses/iwl6050-firmware/WHENCE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iwl6050-firmware
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.