How to Install and Uninstall firmware-extract Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "firmware-extract" package

This guide let you learn how to install firmware-extract on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                firmware-extract
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "firmware-extract" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall firmware-extract on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                firmware-extract
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the firmware-extract package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: firmware-extract
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 104
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Brown
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.13-0ubuntu2
Depends: python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), firmware-tools, python-sqlobject
Filename: pool/universe/f/firmware-extract/firmware-extract_2.0.13-0ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 19956
MD5sum: 64055f04f480ab277f8fc7dedb70f14e
SHA1: 40c82d446b78dbf5ae8505f41ce1a3b908869c49
SHA256: 0c1e817bad6a4057b9b36694a82c5f0524228eafe2e2c977db51c140f6af74ce
Description-en: A firmware-tools plugin to extract firmware
Firmware archives can be distributed in a variety of formats such as zip
archives, DOS binaries, Windows binaries, and raw machine code.
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This package will extract the firmware from these formats and build
a package out of it that can be operated upon by firmware-tools.
Description-md5: efb90cba6228fe7f17df1e9e0f14053a
Homepage: http://linux.dell.com/firmware-tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu