linux-firmware-minimal on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "linux-firmware-minimal" 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 linux-firmware-minimal on Arch using YAY


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


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                linux-firmware-minimal
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "linux-firmware-minimal" 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 linux-firmware-minimal's git locally


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


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

ID: 884593
Name: linux-firmware-minimal
PackageBaseID: 145517
PackageBase: linux-firmware-minimal
Version: 20100519-3
Description: Minimal amount of firmware files for Linux, mostly recommended for virtual systems.
URL: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: vinibali
Submitter: vinibali
FirstSubmitted: 1570095830
LastModified: 1616953425
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/linux-firmware-minimal.tar.gz