How to Install and Uninstall firmware-linux-free Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "firmware-linux-free" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install firmware-linux-free on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                firmware-linux-free
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "firmware-linux-free" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall firmware-linux-free on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                firmware-linux-free
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the firmware-linux-free package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: firmware-linux-free
Source: firmware-free
Version: 3.4
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: all
Suggests: initramfs-tools
Description: Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
Description-md5: 7a076e3c790a2fe531c40c2d8880403e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
Tag: role::app-data
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/firmware-free/firmware-linux-free_3.4_all.deb
Size: 19196
MD5sum: 9bef03ddbdb3e595f6f1d6fbc6571def
SHA256: e8506099feb3ce072d4b99cb86833a8e8e531f97fa8a112dee93d58c1525a36b