How To Install firmware-sof-signed on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is firmware-sof-signed

firmware-sof-signed is:

Provides the Intel SOF audio firmware and topology needed for audio functionality on some Intel system.

This package contains the pre-built and signed binaries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-sof-signed

Install firmware-sof-signed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install firmware-sof-signed

Install firmware-sof-signed 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-sof-signed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-sof-signed

How To Uninstall firmware-sof-signed on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove firmware-sof-signed

Uninstall firmware-sof-signed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-sof-signed

Remove firmware-sof-signed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-sof-signed

Remove firmware-sof-signed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-sof-signed

Dependencies

firmware-sof-signed have the following dependencies:

References

• firmware-sof-signed website

Summary

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