How To Install broadcom-sta-common on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-common on Ubuntu 22.04.
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).
There are three methods to install broadcom-sta-common on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
