How To Install raspi-firmware on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install raspi-firmware on Debian 12.
What is raspi-firmware
raspi-firmware is:
This package contains all the proprietary files necessary to boot a Raspberry Pi board. This should work with all models in the 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 families.
Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
There are three methods to install raspi-firmware on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install raspi-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 raspi-firmware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install raspi-firmware
Install raspi-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install raspi-firmware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install raspi-firmware
Install raspi-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install raspi-firmware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install raspi-firmware
How To Uninstall raspi-firmware on Debian 12
To uninstall only the raspi-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove raspi-firmware
Uninstall raspi-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall raspi-firmware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove raspi-firmware
Remove raspi-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove raspi-firmware configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge raspi-firmware
Remove raspi-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove raspi-firmware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge raspi-firmware
Dependencies
raspi-firmware have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install raspi-firmware package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
