How To Install firmware-libertas on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-libertas
on Kali Linux.
What is firmware-libertas
firmware-libertas is:
This package contains the binary firmware for wireless network cards with Marvell and NXP 88W8xxx chips supported by the libertas_cs, libertas_sdio, libertas_spi, libertas_tf_usb, mwifiex_pcie, mwifiex_sdio, mwifiex_usb, mwl8k and usb8xxx drivers.
Contents:
- Libertas 88W8388 ‘Thinfirm’ firmware (lbtf_usb.bin)
- Libertas 88W8381 main code (libertas/cf8381.bin)
- Libertas 88W8381 boot code (libertas/cf8381_helper.bin)
- Libertas 88W8385-CF main code (libertas/cf8385.bin, libertas_cs.fw)
- Libertas 88W8385-CF boot code (libertas/cf8385_helper.bin, libertas_cs_helper.fw)
- 88W8686-GSPI main code, version 9.x (libertas/gspi8686_v9.bin, libertas/gspi8686.bin)
- 88W8686-GSPI boot code, version 9.x (libertas/gspi8686_v9_helper.bin, libertas/gspi8686_hlp.bin)
- 88W8688-GSPI main code (libertas/gspi8688.bin)
- 88W8688-GSPI boot code (libertas/gspi8688_helper.bin)
- Libertas 88W8385-SDIO main code (libertas/sd8385.bin, sd8385.bin)
- Libertas 88W8385-SDIO boot code (libertas/sd8385_helper.bin, sd8385_helper.bin)
- 88W8686-SDIO main code, version 8.x (libertas/sd8686_v8.bin, sd8686.bin)
- 88W8686-SDIO boot code, version 8.x (libertas/sd8686_v8_helper.bin, sd8686_helper.bin)
- 88W8686-SDIO main code, version 9.70.20.p0 (libertas/sd8686_v9.bin)
- 88W8686-SDIO boot code, version 9.x (libertas/sd8686_v9_helper.bin)
- Libertas 88W8388 OLPC firmware, version 5.110.22.p23 (libertas/usb8388_olpc.bin)
- Libertas 88W8388 firmware, version 5.x (libertas/usb8388_v5.bin, usb8388.bin)
- Libertas 88W8388 firmware, version 9.x (libertas/usb8388_v9.bin)
- 88W8682 firmware (libertas/usb8682.bin)
- Avastar 88W8897-PCIe firmware, version 15.68.19.p21 (WLAN) / 15.28.19.p21 (BT) (mrvl/pcie8897_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8997-PCIe firmware, version 16.68.1.p195 (mrvl/pcie8997_wlan_v4.bin)
- Avastar 88W8997-PCIe-UART firmware, version 16.68.1.p179 (WLAN) / 16.26.1.p179 (BT) (mrvl/pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin)
- Avastar 88W8997-PCIe-USB firmware, version 16.68.1.p195 (WLAN) / 16.26.1.p195 (BT) (mrvl/pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin)
- 88W8688-SDIO main code (mrvl/sd8688.bin, libertas/sd8688.bin, sd8688.bin)
- 88W8688-SDIO boot code (mrvl/sd8688_helper.bin, libertas/sd8688_helper.bin, sd8688_helper.bin)
- Avastar 88W8787 firmware, version 14.68.35.p66 (mrvl/sd8787_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8797-SDIO firmware, version 14.68.29.p59 (mrvl/sd8797_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8801-SDIO firmware, version 14.68.36.p204 (mrvl/sd8801_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8887 firmware, version 15.68.7.p189 (WLAN) / 15.26.7.p189 (BT) (mrvl/sd8887_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8897-SDIO firmware, version 15.68.19.17 (WLAN) / 15.26.19.17 (BT) (mrvl/sd8897_uapsta.bin)
- NXP 88W8977-SDIO firmware, version 16.68.1.p195 (WLAN) / 16.26.1.p195 (BT) (mrvl/sdsd8977_combo_v2.bin)
- NXP 88W8997-SDIO firmware, version 16.68.1.p179 (WLAN) / 16.26.1.p179 (BT) (mrvl/sdsd8997_combo_v4.bin)
- Avastar 88W8766 firmware, version 14.68.22.p16 (WLAN) / 14.28.22.p16 (BT) (mrvl/usb8766_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8797-USB firmware, version 14.68.29.p60 (mrvl/usb8797_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8801-USB firmware, version 14.68.36.p138 (mrvl/usb8801_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8897-USB firmware, version 15.68.4.p103 (WLAN) / 15.28.4.p103 (BT) (mrvl/usb8897_uapsta.bin)
- Avastar 88W8997-USB firmware, version 16.68.1.p183 (WLAN) / 16.26.1.p183 (BT) (mrvl/usbusb8997_combo_v4.bin)
- Prestera ASIC firmware (mrvl/prestera/mvsw_prestera_fw-v2.0.img)
- TopDog 88W8366 main code (mwl8k/fmimage_8366.fw)
- TopDog 88W8366 AP-mode main code (mwl8k/fmimage_8366_ap-2.fw)
- TopDog 88W8366 AP-mode main code, version 5.2.8.16 (mwl8k/fmimage_8366_ap-3.fw)
- TopDog 88W8687 main code (mwl8k/fmimage_8687.fw)
- TopDog 88W8764 AP-mode firmware, version 7.4.0.9 (mwl8k/fmimage_8764_ap-1.fw)
- TopDog 88W8366 boot code (mwl8k/helper_8366.fw)
- TopDog 88W8687 boot code (mwl8k/helper_8687.fw)
There are three methods to install firmware-libertas
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-libertas 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-libertas
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firmware-libertas
Install firmware-libertas Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-libertas
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firmware-libertas
Install firmware-libertas 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-libertas
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firmware-libertas
How To Uninstall firmware-libertas on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the firmware-libertas
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-libertas
Uninstall firmware-libertas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firmware-libertas
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-libertas
Remove firmware-libertas Configurations and Data
To remove firmware-libertas
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-libertas
Remove firmware-libertas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firmware-libertas
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-libertas
Dependencies
firmware-libertas have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-libertas
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.