How to Install and Uninstall firmware-b43-installer Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "firmware-b43-installer" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install firmware-b43-installer on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall firmware-b43-installer on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the firmware-b43-installer package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: firmware-b43-installer
Architecture: all
Version: 1:019-7build1
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 (>= 1:019-7build1), 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_019-7build1_all.deb
Size: 5216
MD5sum: 4944c1ba159b062210dacfdee32e713f
SHA1: ccb0e7019bf7b0330347b30306d9022061546884
SHA256: 65acff7d0fd37bd8f0ee58c632a904db333fdf93e04a455f00037fcdcd90a1e4
SHA512: b6a53c24ac809d408d7bdc9707afca2dc104fde26fd32935a78124b7c0b3bac2bc2b3119ae9b2f2863419c7be805ea9e3c82b38e3c46e9ffbec638949a63263e
Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.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