firmware-linux software package provides Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package), you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install firmware-linux
firmware-linux is installed in your system.
Make ensure the firmware-linux package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep firmware-linux *
You will get with firmware-linux package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Kernels |
| Package | firmware-linux |
| Version | 0.36+wheezy.1 |
| Description | Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package) |
| Sub Section | Kernels |
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