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