b43-firmware-classic on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 01,2025

1. Install "b43-firmware-classic" 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-classic on Arch using YAY


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


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                b43-firmware-classic
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "b43-firmware-classic" 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-classic's git locally


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


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

ID: 261092
Name: b43-firmware-classic
PackageBaseID: 93316
PackageBase: b43-firmware-classic
Version: 5.100.138-1
Description: Firmware for Broadcom B43 wireless networking chips - trusted release
URL: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: skmtrn
Submitter: Xavion
FirstSubmitted: 1432332250
LastModified: 1451597427
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/b43-firmware-classic.tar.gz