How to Install and Uninstall firmware-b43-installer Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "firmware-b43-installer" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install firmware-b43-installer on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "firmware-b43-installer" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall firmware-b43-installer on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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3. Information about the firmware-b43-installer package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: firmware-b43-installer
Architecture: all
Version: 1:019-6
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/kernel
Source: b43-fwcutter
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 32
Depends: b43-fwcutter (>= 1:019-6), pciutils, bzip2, ca-certificates, wget
Breaks: firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (<= 1:015-14)
Replaces: firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (<= 1:015-14)
Filename: pool/multiverse/b/b43-fwcutter/firmware-b43-installer_019-6_all.deb
Size: 5336
MD5sum: 1861839022e579d783d1b586776ef845
SHA1: 52804650e724828e25f0945d70a0a1b3a5fdff9e
SHA256: 055ceeb65b1512b93615d81ca8cbed2d448136474a9f8b68f54e59cfb3c8c5d5
SHA512: 3788e106cfc8500202f197087dc09dc640592dacbf5378c547ce327f3b97015fef76ee709bf63029ff74ad2df38888dc525cdfd4a5b1a8c0c66a30b167d0da9e
Homepage: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
Description-en: 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: 571d238de28bee9095c3b72db3bada7e