How To Install firmware-myricom on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-myricom
on Debian 12.
What is firmware-myricom
firmware-myricom is:
This package contains the binary firmware for Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet adapters supported by the myri10ge driver.
Contents:
- Myri-10G firmware (aligned, big RX ring), version 1.4.57 (myri10ge_eth_big_z8e.dat)
- Myri-10G firmware (aligned), version 1.4.57 (myri10ge_eth_z8e.dat)
- Myri-10G firmware (unaligned, big RX ring), version 1.4.57 (myri10ge_ethp_big_z8e.dat)
- Myri-10G firmware (unaligned), version 1.4.57 (myri10ge_ethp_z8e.dat)
- Myri-10G firmware (aligned, RSS, big RX rings), version 1.4.57 (myri10ge_rss_eth_big_z8e.dat)
- Myri-10G firmware (aligned, RSS), version 1.4.57 (myri10ge_rss_eth_z8e.dat)
- Myri-10G firmware (unaligned, RSS, big RX rings), version 1.4.57 (myri10ge_rss_ethp_big_z8e.dat)
- Myri-10G firmware (unaligned, RSS), version 1.4.57 (myri10ge_rss_ethp_z8e.dat)
There are three methods to install firmware-myricom
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-myricom 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-myricom
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firmware-myricom
Install firmware-myricom Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-myricom
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firmware-myricom
Install firmware-myricom 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-myricom
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firmware-myricom
How To Uninstall firmware-myricom on Debian 12
To uninstall only the firmware-myricom
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-myricom
Uninstall firmware-myricom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firmware-myricom
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-myricom
Remove firmware-myricom Configurations and Data
To remove firmware-myricom
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-myricom
Remove firmware-myricom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firmware-myricom
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-myricom
Dependencies
firmware-myricom have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-myricom
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.