How to Install and Uninstall firmware-b43-installer Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "firmware-b43-installer" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install firmware-b43-installer on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "firmware-b43-installer" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall firmware-b43-installer on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the firmware-b43-installer package on Kali Linux

Package: firmware-b43-installer
Source: b43-fwcutter
Version: 1:019-11
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Replaces: firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (<= 1:015-14)
Depends: b43-fwcutter (>= 1:019-11), pciutils, bzip2, ca-certificates, wget
Breaks: firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (<= 1:015-14)
Size: 7200
SHA256: a746e1869cf716443e53cf1eb7ca7135af3067cea0393b6c0e7b18a4297f0af7
SHA1: b1d2a987ee9f43245b8902b1e572e99d63bb6089
MD5sum: d5034fcc78926ad509f4d36a9bf3b299
Description: firmware installer for the b43 driver
This package downloads and installs the firmware needed by the b43
kernel driver for some Broadcom 43xx wireless network cards.
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Supported chipsets:
* BCM4306/3 (chip revision 3 only);
* BCM4311 (NOT PCI Id 14e4:4313);
* BCM4312;
* BCM43131;
* BCM4318;
* BCM4321 (only partial support, not all versions tested);
* BCM43217;
* BCM4322 (only partial support for some versions, not all versions tested);
* BCM43222 (not all versions tested);
* BCM43224 (not all versions tested);
* BCM43225;
* BCM43227;
* BCM43228;
* BCM4331;
* BCM47xx (detection not reliable, may not support all versions).
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43
Section: contrib/kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/contrib/b/b43-fwcutter/firmware-b43-installer_019-11_all.deb