How To Install firmware-samsung on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-samsung on Debian 12.
What is firmware-samsung
firmware-samsung is:
This package contains the binary firmware for Samsung MFC video codecs used in Exynos SoCs and supported by the s5p-mfc driver.
Contents:
- MFCv5 firmware (s5p-mfc.fw)
- MFCv6 firmware, version 1 (s5p-mfc-v6.fw)
- MFCv6 firmware, version 2 (s5p-mfc-v6-v2.fw)
- MFCv7 firmware (s5p-mfc-v7.fw)
- MFCv8 firmware (s5p-mfc-v8.fw)
There are three methods to install firmware-samsung 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-samsung 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-samsung using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firmware-samsung
Install firmware-samsung Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-samsung using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firmware-samsung
Install firmware-samsung 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-samsung using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firmware-samsung
How To Uninstall firmware-samsung on Debian 12
To uninstall only the firmware-samsung package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-samsung
Uninstall firmware-samsung And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firmware-samsung and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-samsung
Remove firmware-samsung Configurations and Data
To remove firmware-samsung configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-samsung
Remove firmware-samsung configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firmware-samsung configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-samsung
Dependencies
firmware-samsung have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-samsung package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.