How To Install alsa-firmware-loaders on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-firmware-loaders on Kali Linux. alsa-firmware-loaders is ALSA software loaders for specific hardware

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-firmware-loaders on Kali Linux.

What is alsa-firmware-loaders

alsa-firmware-loaders is:

A collection of software loaders for specific hardware:

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There are three methods to install alsa-firmware-loaders 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 alsa-firmware-loaders Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install alsa-firmware-loaders using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install alsa-firmware-loaders

Install alsa-firmware-loaders Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install alsa-firmware-loaders

Install alsa-firmware-loaders 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 alsa-firmware-loaders using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install alsa-firmware-loaders

How To Uninstall alsa-firmware-loaders on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the alsa-firmware-loaders package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove alsa-firmware-loaders

Uninstall alsa-firmware-loaders And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsa-firmware-loaders

Remove alsa-firmware-loaders Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge alsa-firmware-loaders

Remove alsa-firmware-loaders configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsa-firmware-loaders

Dependencies

alsa-firmware-loaders have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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