How To Install firmware-samsung on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-samsung on Kali Linux. firmware-samsung is Binary firmware for Samsung MFC video codecs

Introduction

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

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 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-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 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-samsung using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-samsung

How To Uninstall firmware-samsung on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.