How to Install firmware-tools software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install firmware-tools software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

firmware-tools software package provides Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

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

firmware-tools is installed in your system.

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

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

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

firmware-tools package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Administration Utilities
Package firmware-tools
Version 2.1.14-0ubuntu1
Description Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove firmware-tools software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?