How To Install firmware-cavium on Debian 12

Learn how to install firmware-cavium on Debian 12 with this tutorial. firmware-cavium is Binary firmware for Cavium Ethernet adapters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-cavium on Debian 12.

What is firmware-cavium

firmware-cavium is:

This package contains the binary firmware for Cavium crypto and Ethernet adapters supported by the nitrox and liquidio drivers.

Contents:

  • Cavium CNN55XX asymmetric crypto firmware, version 01 (cavium/cnn55xx_ae.fw)
  • Cavium CNN55XX symmetric crypto firmware, version 10 (cavium/cnn55xx_se.fw)
  • Cavium LiquidIO 210Nv firmware, version 1.7.2 (liquidio/lio_210nv_nic.bin)
  • Cavium LiquidIO 210Sv firmware, version 1.7.2 (liquidio/lio_210sv_nic.bin)
  • Cavium LiquidIO 23xx firmware, version 1.7.2 (liquidio/lio_23xx_nic.bin)
  • Cavium LiquidIO 410Nv firmware, version 1.7.2 (liquidio/lio_410nv_nic.bin)

There are three methods to install firmware-cavium on Debian 12. 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-cavium 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-cavium using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-cavium

Install firmware-cavium Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install firmware-cavium

Install firmware-cavium 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-cavium

How To Uninstall firmware-cavium on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove firmware-cavium

Uninstall firmware-cavium And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firmware-cavium and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-cavium

Remove firmware-cavium Configurations and Data

To remove firmware-cavium configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-cavium

Remove firmware-cavium configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-cavium

Dependencies

firmware-cavium have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-cavium package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.