How To Install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is linux-firmware
linux-firmware is:
This package provides firmware used by Linux kernel drivers.
There are three methods to install linux-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install linux-firmware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-firmware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-firmware
Install linux-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-firmware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-firmware
Install linux-firmware 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 linux-firmware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-firmware
How To Uninstall linux-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the linux-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-firmware
Uninstall linux-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-firmware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-firmware
Remove linux-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove linux-firmware configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-firmware
Remove linux-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-firmware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-firmware
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
