How To Install crystalhd-firmware on CentOS 8

crystalhd-firmware is Firmware for the Broadcom Crystal HD video decoder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crystalhd-firmware on CentOS 8.

What is crystalhd-firmware

Firmwares for the Broadcom Crystal HD (bcm970012 and bcm970015) video decoders.

We can use yum or dnf to install crystalhd-firmware on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install crystalhd-firmware.

Install crystalhd-firmware on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install crystalhd-firmware using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install crystalhd-firmware

Install crystalhd-firmware on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install crystalhd-firmware

How To Uninstall crystalhd-firmware on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove crystalhd-firmware

crystalhd-firmware Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/firmware/bcm70012fw.bin
/usr/lib/firmware/bcm70015fw.bin
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/20-crystalhd.rules
/usr/share/doc/crystalhd-firmware
/usr/share/doc/crystalhd-firmware/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crystalhd-firmware on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.