How To Install linux-firmware on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is linux-firmware
This package includes firmware files required for some devices to operate.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install linux-firmware
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install linux-firmware.
Install linux-firmware on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install linux-firmware
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install linux-firmware
Install linux-firmware on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install linux-firmware
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install linux-firmware
How To Uninstall linux-firmware on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the linux-firmware
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove linux-firmware
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.