How To Install firmware-intel-sound on Debian 12

Learn how to install firmware-intel-sound on Debian 12 with this tutorial. firmware-intel-sound is Binary firmware for Intel sound DSPs

Introduction

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

What is firmware-intel-sound

firmware-intel-sound is:

This package contains the binary firmware for Intel SST sound DSPs supported by the snd-soc-sst-acpi or snd-intel-sst-acpi driver.

Contents:

  • Intel “Broadwell” SST DSP firmware, version 8.4.1.77 (intel/IntcSST2.bin)
  • Intel “Broxton” SST DSP firmware, version 9.22.01.3366_157 (intel/dsp_fw_bxtn_v3366.bin, intel/dsp_fw_bxtn.bin)
  • Intel “Cannonlake” SST DSP firmware, version 10.00.00.1191 (intel/dsp_fw_cnl_v1191.bin)
  • Intel “Cannonlake” SST DSP firmware, version 10.23.00.1858 (intel/dsp_fw_cnl_v1858.bin, intel/dsp_fw_cnl.bin)
  • Intel “Geminilake” SST DSP firmware, version 9.22.01.3366_157 (intel/dsp_fw_glk_v3366.bin, intel/dsp_fw_glk.bin)
  • Intel “Kabylake” SST DSP firmware, version 9.21.00.3402_161 (intel/dsp_fw_kbl_v3402.bin, intel/dsp_fw_kbl.bin)
  • Intel “Kabylake” SST DSP firmware, version 9.21.00.3420_163 (intel/dsp_fw_kbl_v3420.bin)
  • Intel “Skylake” SST DSP firmware, version 9.21.00.3402_161 (intel/dsp_fw_release_v3402.bin, intel/dsp_fw_release.bin)
  • Intel “Bay Trail” SST DSP firmware (intel/fw_sst_0f28.bin-48kHz_i2s_master)
  • Intel “Bay Trail” SST DSP firmware, version 01.0C.00.01 (intel/fw_sst_0f28.bin)
  • Intel “Bay Trail” SST DSP firmware, version 01.0C.00.01 (intel/fw_sst_0f28_ssp0.bin)
  • Intel “Cherry Trail”/“Braswell” SST DSP firmware, version 01.0B.02.02 (intel/fw_sst_22a8.bin)

There are three methods to install firmware-intel-sound 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-intel-sound 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-intel-sound using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-intel-sound

Install firmware-intel-sound Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install firmware-intel-sound

Install firmware-intel-sound 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-intel-sound using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-intel-sound

How To Uninstall firmware-intel-sound on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove firmware-intel-sound

Uninstall firmware-intel-sound And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-intel-sound

Remove firmware-intel-sound Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-intel-sound

Remove firmware-intel-sound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-intel-sound

Dependencies

firmware-intel-sound have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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