How To Install firmware-b43legacy-installer on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-b43legacy-installer on Kali Linux. firmware-b43legacy-installer is firmware installer for the b43legacy driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-b43legacy-installer on Kali Linux.

What is `firmware-b43legacy-installer`

firmware-b43legacy-installer is:

This package downloads and installs the firmware needed by the b43legacy kernel driver for some Broadcom 43xx wireless network cards.

Supported chipsets:

BCM4301;
BCM4306/2;
BCM4306.

There are three methods to install firmware-b43legacy-installer on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install firmware-b43legacy-installer Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-b43legacy-installer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-b43legacy-installer

Install firmware-b43legacy-installer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-b43legacy-installer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install firmware-b43legacy-installer

Install firmware-b43legacy-installer Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-b43legacy-installer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-b43legacy-installer

How To Uninstall firmware-b43legacy-installer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the firmware-b43legacy-installer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firmware-b43legacy-installer

Uninstall firmware-b43legacy-installer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firmware-b43legacy-installer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-b43legacy-installer

Remove firmware-b43legacy-installer Configurations and Data

To remove firmware-b43legacy-installer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-b43legacy-installer

Remove firmware-b43legacy-installer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove firmware-b43legacy-installer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-b43legacy-installer

Dependencies

firmware-b43legacy-installer have the following dependencies:

b43-fwcutter

References

firmware-b43legacy-installer website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-b43legacy-installer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.