How To Install firmware-linux on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-linux on Debian 12.
What is firmware-linux
firmware-linux is:
This package depends on both free and non-free firmware which may be used with drivers in the Linux kernel.
There are three methods to install firmware-linux 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-linux 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-linux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firmware-linux
Install firmware-linux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-linux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firmware-linux
Install firmware-linux 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-linux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firmware-linux
How To Uninstall firmware-linux on Debian 12
To uninstall only the firmware-linux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-linux
Uninstall firmware-linux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firmware-linux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-linux
Remove firmware-linux Configurations and Data
To remove firmware-linux configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-linux
Remove firmware-linux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firmware-linux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-linux
Dependencies
firmware-linux have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-linux package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
