b43-firmware on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "b43-firmware" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install b43-firmware on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                b43-firmware
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall b43-firmware on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                b43-firmware
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "b43-firmware" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone b43-firmware's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/b43-firmware.git 
            
                        
                ~/b43-firmware
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/b43-firmware folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/b43-firmware
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the b43-firmware package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 261091
Name: b43-firmware
PackageBaseID: 21690
PackageBase: b43-firmware
Version: 6.30.163.46-1
Description: Firmware for Broadcom B43 wireless networking chips - latest release
URL: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
NumVotes: 251
Popularity: 0.671863
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: hayao
Submitter: Xavion
FirstSubmitted: 1227318449
LastModified: 1451597417
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/b43-firmware.tar.gz