How to Install firmware-brcm80211 software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install firmware-brcm80211 software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

firmware-brcm80211 software package provides Binary firmware for Broadcom 802.11 wireless cards, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install firmware-brcm80211 

firmware-brcm80211 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the firmware-brcm80211 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep firmware-brcm80211 *

You will get with firmware-brcm80211 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

firmware-brcm80211 package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Kernels
Package firmware-brcm80211
Version 20160824-1
Description Binary firmware for Broadcom 802.11 wireless cards
Sub Section Kernels


See Also, How to uninstall or remove firmware-brcm80211 software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?