How To Install firmware-intelwimax on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is firmware-intelwimax

firmware-intelwimax is:

This package contains the binary firmware for Intel WiMAX Connection devices supported by the i2400m-usb driver.

Contents:

• Intel WiMAX Connection 2400 USB firmware, version 1.4 (i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf)
• Intel WiMAX Connection 2400 USB firmware, version 1.5 (i2400m-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf)
• Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 6050 USB firmware, version 1.5 (i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf)

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

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-intelwimax

Install firmware-intelwimax Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install firmware-intelwimax

Install firmware-intelwimax 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-intelwimax using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-intelwimax

How To Uninstall firmware-intelwimax on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove firmware-intelwimax

Uninstall firmware-intelwimax And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-intelwimax

Remove firmware-intelwimax Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-intelwimax

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

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

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

Dependencies

firmware-intelwimax have the following dependencies:

References

• firmware-intelwimax website

Summary

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