How To Install firmware-linux-free on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-linux-free
on Debian 11.
What is firmware-linux-free
firmware-linux-free is:
This package contains firmware which was previously included in the Linux kernel and which is compliant with the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
Most firmware previously included in the Linux kernel is non-free and has been moved to the firmware-linux-nonfree package.
Contents:
- AV7110 DVB card firmware (av7110/bootcode.bin)
- Atheros AR9170 free firmware for use with carl9170 (carl9170-1.fw)
- 3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556 CIS fix (cis/3CCFEM556.cis)
- 3Com Megahertz 3CXEM556 CIS fix (cis/3CXEM556.cis)
- Advantech COMpad-32/85 CIS fix (cis/COMpad2.cis)
- Advantech COMpad-32/85B-4 CIS fix (cis/COMpad4.cis)
- NSC DP83903 PCMCIA Ethernet card CIS fix (cis/DP83903.cis)
- Allied Telesis LA-PCM CIS fix (cis/LA-PCM.cis)
- MultiTech PCMCIA 56K DataFax CIS fix (cis/MT5634ZLX.cis)
- NDC PCMCIA Ethernet card CIS fix (cis/NE2K.cis)
- EN2218-LAN/MODEM CIS fix (cis/PCMLM28.cis)
- PreMax PE-200 CIS fix (cis/PE-200.cis)
- LanPro EP-4000A CIS fix (cis/PE520.cis)
- RS-COM 2P CIS fix (cis/RS-COM-2P.cis)
- Sierra Aircard 555 CIS fix (cis/SW_555_SER.cis)
- Sierra Wireless AC710/AC750 CIS fix (cis/SW_7xx_SER.cis)
- Sierra Wireless AC850/AC860 CIS fix (cis/SW_8xx_SER.cis)
- Tamarack PCMCIA Ethernet card CIS fix (cis/tamarack.cis)
- Atari Falcon DSP56001 firmware (dsp56k/bootstrap.bin)
- Intel C600 SAS/SATA controller default parameters, version 1.3 (isci/isci_firmware.bin)
- Keyspan USA-19 firmware (keyspan_pda/keyspan_pda.fw)
- Xircom PGSDB9/Entrega PortGear firmware (keyspan_pda/xircom_pgs.fw)
- USB-DUX firmware (usbdux_firmware.bin)
- USB-DUXfast firmware (usbduxfast_firmware.bin)
- USB-DUXsigma firmware (usbduxsigma_firmware.bin)
There are three methods to install firmware-linux-free
on Debian 11. 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-free 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-free
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firmware-linux-free
Install firmware-linux-free Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-linux-free
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firmware-linux-free
Install firmware-linux-free 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-free
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firmware-linux-free
How To Uninstall firmware-linux-free on Debian 11
To uninstall only the firmware-linux-free
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-linux-free
Uninstall firmware-linux-free And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firmware-linux-free
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-linux-free
Remove firmware-linux-free Configurations and Data
To remove firmware-linux-free
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-linux-free
Remove firmware-linux-free configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firmware-linux-free
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-linux-free
Dependencies
firmware-linux-free have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-linux-free
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.