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

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

linux-firmware software package provides Firmware for Linux kernel drivers, 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 linux-firmware 

linux-firmware is installed in your system.

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

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

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

linux-firmware package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Miscellaneous
Package linux-firmware
Version 1.127.22
Description Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
Sub Section misc


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