How To Install broadcom-sta-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-common on Ubuntu 20.04. broadcom-sta-common is Common files for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver Common files for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is broadcom-sta-common

broadcom-sta-common is:

Broadcom STA is a binary-only device driver to support the following IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network cards: BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43142-, BCM43224-, BCM43225-, BCM43227-, BCM43228-, BCM4331-, BCM4360-, and BCM4352-based hardware.

This package contains the common files and it should not be installed manually (it will be installed automatically as needed).

Package: broadcom-sta-common Architecture: all Version: 6.30.223.271-12 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/admin Source: broadcom-sta Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Eduard Bloch [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 32 Recommends: broadcom-sta-source, module-assistant Filename: pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-common_6.30.223.271-12_all.deb Size: 8976 MD5sum: a36bf791c6d2c5f1222d1dcb03c3dcf6 SHA1: d66fc611bf053870a9cbeead278a59de5c34346f SHA256: 47f07b5f47d45909532672b0d6011d076621b0b335d4471913bf39edbaf244dd Homepage: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php Description-en: Common files for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver Broadcom STA is a binary-only device driver to support the following IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network cards: BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43142-, BCM43224-, BCM43225-, BCM43227-, BCM43228-, BCM4331-, BCM4360-, and BCM4352-based hardware.

This package contains the common files and it should not be installed manually (it will be installed automatically as needed).

There are three methods to install broadcom-sta-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install broadcom-sta-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install broadcom-sta-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install broadcom-sta-common

Install broadcom-sta-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install broadcom-sta-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install broadcom-sta-common

Install broadcom-sta-common 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 broadcom-sta-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install broadcom-sta-common

How To Uninstall broadcom-sta-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the broadcom-sta-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove broadcom-sta-common

Uninstall broadcom-sta-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall broadcom-sta-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove broadcom-sta-common

Remove broadcom-sta-common Configurations and Data

To remove broadcom-sta-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge broadcom-sta-common

Remove broadcom-sta-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove broadcom-sta-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge broadcom-sta-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.