How To Install firmware-qcom-soc on Debian 12

Learn how to install firmware-qcom-soc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. firmware-qcom-soc is Binary firmware for Qualcomm SoCs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-qcom-soc on Debian 12.

What is firmware-qcom-soc

firmware-qcom-soc is:

This package contains the binary firmware for Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs.

Contents:

  • Qualcomm Adreno 300 PFP firmware (qcom/a300_pfp.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 300 PM4 firmware (qcom/a300_pm4.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 330 PFP firmware (qcom/a330_pfp.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 330 PM4 firmware (qcom/a330_pm4.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 420 PFP firmware (qcom/a420_pfp.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 420 PM4 firmware (qcom/a420_pm4.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 PFP firmware (qcom/a530_pfp.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 PM4 firmware (qcom/a530_pm4.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 v3 GPMU firmware (qcom/a530v3_gpmu.fw2)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 v3 GPMU firmware (qcom/a530v3_gpmu.fw2)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 630 GMU firmware (qcom/a630_gmu.bin)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 630 SQE firmware (qcom/a630_sqe.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 650 GMU firmware (qcom/a650_gmu.bin)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 650 SQE firmware (qcom/a650_sqe.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 660 GMU firmware (qcom/a660_gmu.bin)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 660 SQE firmware (qcom/a660_sqe.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 220 (leia) PFP firmware (qcom/leia_pfp_470.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 220 (leia) PM4 firmware (qcom/leia_pm4_470.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 530 APQ8096 ZAP firmware (qcom/apq8096/a530_zap.mbn, qcom/a530_zap.mdt)
  • Qualcomm APQ8096 audio firmware (qcom/apq8096/adsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm APQ8096 audio configuration (qcom/apq8096/adspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm APQ8096 audio configuration (qcom/apq8096/adspua.jsn)
  • Qualcomm APQ8096 modem firmware (qcom/apq8096/mba.mbn)
  • Qualcomm APQ8096 modem firmware (qcom/apq8096/modem.mbn)
  • Qualcomm APQ8096 modem configuration (qcom/apq8096/modemr.jsn)
  • Lenovo X13s audio DSP configuration (qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/adspr.jsn)
  • Lenovo X13s audio DSP configuration (qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/adspua.jsn)
  • Lenovo X13s battery management configuration (qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/battmgr.jsn)
  • Lenovo X13s compute DSP configuration (qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/cdspr.jsn)
  • Lenovo X13s remoteproc audio DSP firmware (qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/qcadsp8280.mbn)
  • Lenovo X13s remoteproc compute DSP firmware (qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/qccdsp8280.mbn)
  • Lenovo X13s Adreno ZAP firmware (qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/qcdxkmsuc8280.mbn)
  • Lenovo X13s sensor DSP firmware (qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/qcslpi8280.mbn)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 630 SDM845 ZAP firmware (qcom/sdm845/a630_zap.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 audio firmware (qcom/sdm845/adsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 audio configuration (qcom/sdm845/adspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 audio configuration (qcom/sdm845/adspua.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 compute firmware (qcom/sdm845/cdsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 compute configuration (qcom/sdm845/cdspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 modem firmware (qcom/sdm845/mba.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 modem firmware (qcom/sdm845/modem.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SDM845 modem configuration (qcom/sdm845/modemuw.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 ZAP firmware (qcom/sm8250/a650_zap.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 audio firmware (qcom/sm8250/adsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 audio general config (qcom/sm8250/adspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 audio config (qcom/sm8250/adspua.jsn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 compute DSP firmware (qcom/sm8250/cdsp.mbn)
  • Qualcomm SM8250 compute DSP config (qcom/sm8250/cdspr.jsn)
  • Qualcomm Venus 1.8 firmware (qcom/venus-1.8/venus.mbn, qcom/venus-1.8/venus.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Venus 4.2 firmware (qcom/venus-4.2/venus.mbn, qcom/venus-4.2/venus.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.2 firmware (qcom/venus-5.2/venus.mbn, qcom/venus-5.2/venus.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Venus 5.4 firmware (qcom/venus-5.4/venus.mbn, qcom/venus-5.4/venus.mdt)
  • Qualcomm Venus VPU-1.0 firwmare (qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.mbn, qcom/vpu-1.0/venus.mdt)
  • qcom/vpu-2.0/venus.mbn
  • Qualcomm Adreno 200 (yamato) PFP firmware (qcom/yamato_pfp.fw)
  • Qualcomm Adreno 200 (yamato) PM4 firmware (qcom/yamato_pm4.fw)

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

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-qcom-soc

Install firmware-qcom-soc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install firmware-qcom-soc

Install firmware-qcom-soc 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-soc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-qcom-soc

How To Uninstall firmware-qcom-soc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove firmware-qcom-soc

Uninstall firmware-qcom-soc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firmware-qcom-soc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-qcom-soc

Remove firmware-qcom-soc Configurations and Data

To remove firmware-qcom-soc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-qcom-soc

Remove firmware-qcom-soc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-qcom-soc

Dependencies

firmware-qcom-soc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-qcom-soc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.