How To Install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-firmware
linux-firmware is:
This package provides firmware used by Linux kernel drivers. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
Package: linux-firmware Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: misc Installed-Size: 544206 Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Architecture: all Multi-Arch: foreign Version: 1.187.9 Replaces: atmel-firmware, linux-firmware-snapdragon (<= 1.2-0ubuntu1), linux-restricted-common Provides: atmel-firmware Breaks: linux-firmware-raspi2 (<= 1.20190819-0ubuntu2), linux-firmware-snapdragon (<= 1.2-0ubuntu1) Conflicts: atmel-firmware Description-en: Firmware for Linux kernel drivers This package provides firmware used by Linux kernel drivers.
Package: linux-firmware Architecture: all Version: 1.187 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: misc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 522910 Provides: atmel-firmware Conflicts: atmel-firmware Breaks: linux-firmware-raspi2 (<= 1.20190819-0ubuntu2), linux-firmware-snapdragon (<= 1.2-0ubuntu1) Replaces: atmel-firmware, linux-firmware-snapdragon (<= 1.2-0ubuntu1), linux-restricted-common Filename: pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.187_all.deb Size: 98718284 MD5sum: b9d9ab13f41f316a33f406d5145939ce SHA1: 875ed1bb7f9738965cc5edcb435237812fb2fa4b SHA256: cb27d20f8a11ddd89ca4d0de9f6c2b3abf6266a1005f774ec8b11fc1983a7893 Description-en: Firmware for Linux kernel drivers This package provides firmware used by Linux kernel drivers. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
There are three methods to install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install linux-firmware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-firmware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-firmware
Install linux-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-firmware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-firmware
Install linux-firmware 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-firmware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-firmware
How To Uninstall linux-firmware on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-firmware
Uninstall linux-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-firmware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-firmware
Remove linux-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove linux-firmware configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-firmware
Remove linux-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-firmware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-firmware
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
