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

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

linux-firmware-nonfree software package provides Non-free 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-nonfree 

linux-firmware-nonfree is installed in your system.

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

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

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

linux-firmware-nonfree package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Kernels
Package linux-firmware-nonfree
Version 1.14ubuntu1
Description Non-free firmware for Linux kernel drivers
Sub Section Kernels


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