How To Install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 22.04. linux-firmware is Firmware for Linux kernel drivers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is linux-firmware

linux-firmware is:

This package provides firmware used by Linux kernel drivers.

There are three methods to install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 22.04

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 22.04, 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 22.04 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 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.