How to Install and Uninstall firmware-ath9k-htc Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 11,2024

You can also install and uninstall the firmware-ath9k-htc on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "firmware-ath9k-htc" package

This tutorial shows how to install firmware-ath9k-htc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "firmware-ath9k-htc" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall firmware-ath9k-htc on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the firmware-ath9k-htc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: firmware-ath9k-htc
Source: open-ath9k-htc-firmware
Version: 1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.3+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 153
Maintainer: John Scott
Architecture: all
Replaces: firmware-atheros (<= 20230210-1)
Breaks: firmware-atheros (<= 20230210-1)
Description: firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters
Description-md5: 2e8a1946e24e71ba1b100a126b5b7e94
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::TODO, hardware::laptop, implemented-in::c,
role::kernel, use::driver, works-with::network-traffic
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/firmware-ath9k-htc_1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.3+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 46976
MD5sum: 1f5b2f49a0caf451b357372a5c2858e3
SHA256: 10968942e7587c490dae779a26ffde907b20caa8244d3c0eb5901e564dd10326