How To Install broadcom-sta-source on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-source
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is broadcom-sta-source
broadcom-sta-source is:
Broadcom STA is a binary-only device driver to support the following IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network cards: BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43142-, BCM43224-, BCM43225-, BCM43227-, BCM43228-, BCM4331-, BCM4360-, and BCM4352-based hardware.
This package provides the source code for the wl kernel modules. It makes use of kernel-package or module-assistant build systems. The alternative broadcom-sta-dkms package can be installed instead and might be easier to use with simple system configurations.
The wireless-tools package is also required in order to make use of these modules. Kernel source or headers are required to compile these modules.
There are three methods to install broadcom-sta-source
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install broadcom-sta-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install broadcom-sta-source
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install broadcom-sta-source
Install broadcom-sta-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install broadcom-sta-source
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install broadcom-sta-source
Install broadcom-sta-source 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 broadcom-sta-source
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install broadcom-sta-source
How To Uninstall broadcom-sta-source on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the broadcom-sta-source
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove broadcom-sta-source
Uninstall broadcom-sta-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall broadcom-sta-source
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove broadcom-sta-source
Remove broadcom-sta-source Configurations and Data
To remove broadcom-sta-source
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge broadcom-sta-source
Remove broadcom-sta-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove broadcom-sta-source
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge broadcom-sta-source
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-source
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.