How To Install b43-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install b43-tools in Fedora 36. b43-tools is Tools for the Broadcom 43xx series WLAN chip

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install b43-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `b43-tools`

Tools for the Broadcom 43xx series WLAN chip.

We can use yum or dnf to install b43-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install b43-tools.

Install b43-tools on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install b43-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install b43-tools

Install b43-tools on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install b43-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install b43-tools

How To Uninstall b43-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the b43-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove b43-tools

b43-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/b43-asm
/usr/bin/b43-asm.bin
/usr/bin/b43-beautifier
/usr/bin/b43-dasm
/usr/bin/b43-fwdump
/usr/bin/b43-ivaldump
/usr/bin/brcm80211-fwconv
/usr/bin/brcm80211-ivaldump
/usr/bin/ssb-sprom
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/c026fef69c8819998cdc8215f67c419f4e52e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/40431aa2e06a678e6343d0c9e053f41ca6e10f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/25cf5a31d2edb7f91d3c8d2c6dbf30d1a7dc57
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/B43_debug_tools-0.0.0-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/libb43.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/libb43.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libb43.py
/usr/share/doc/b43-tools
/usr/share/doc/b43-tools/COPYING.assembler
/usr/share/doc/b43-tools/COPYING.debug
/usr/share/doc/b43-tools/COPYING.disassembler
/usr/share/doc/b43-tools/COPYING.ssb_sprom
/usr/share/doc/b43-tools/README.assembler
/usr/share/doc/b43-tools/README.debug
/usr/share/doc/b43-tools/README.ssb_sprom

References

b43-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install b43-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).