How to Install and Uninstall firmware-linux-free Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "firmware-linux-free" package

Please follow the instructions below to install firmware-linux-free on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall firmware-linux-free on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: firmware-linux-free
Source: firmware-free
Version: 20200122-1
Installed-Size: 85
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_20200122-1_all.deb
Size: 24200
MD5sum: 19b1aa31b09fcd1aa70e72e8e94f51b4
SHA256: 5586b8870114b214d004a0107e317376b5a38556aa8cf411712491a1241cd1fc