How To Install ivtv-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ivtv-firmware.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. ivtv-firmware.noarch is Firmware for the Hauppauge PVR 250/350/150/500/USB2 model series

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ivtv-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ivtv-firmware.noarch`

This package contains the firmware for WinTV Hauppauge PVR 250/350/150/500/USB2 cards.

We can use yum to install ivtv-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ivtv-firmware.noarch.

Install ivtv-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ivtv-firmware.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ivtv-firmware.noarch

How To Uninstall ivtv-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ivtv-firmware.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ivtv-firmware.noarch

ivtv-firmware.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/lib/firmware/ivtv-firmware-license-end-user.txt
/lib/firmware/ivtv-firmware-license-oemihvisv.txt
/lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
/lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
/lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
/lib/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw
/lib/firmware/v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw
/lib/firmware/v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
/usr/share/doc/ivtv-firmware-20080701
/usr/share/doc/ivtv-firmware-20080701/license-end-user.txt
/usr/share/doc/ivtv-firmware-20080701/license-oemihvisv.txt

References

ivtv-firmware.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ivtv-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.