How To Install firmware-sof-signed on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-sof-signed on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-sof-signed package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
