How To Install firmware-netxen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is firmware-netxen

firmware-netxen is:

This package contains the binary firmware for QLogic (formerly NetXen) Intelligent network adapters supported by the netxen_nic and qlcnic drivers.

Contents:

• QLogic Intelligent Ethernet (3000 and 3100 Series), version 4.0.590 (phanfw.bin)

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

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-netxen

Install firmware-netxen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install firmware-netxen

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

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-netxen

How To Uninstall firmware-netxen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove firmware-netxen

Uninstall firmware-netxen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-netxen

Remove firmware-netxen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-netxen

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

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

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

Dependencies

firmware-netxen have the following dependencies:

References

• firmware-netxen website

Summary

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