
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install atmel-firmware
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is atmel-firmware
atmel-firmware is:
The drivers for these chips in the Linux kernel do not include
the firmware; this firmware needs to be loaded by the host on most
cards using these chips. This package provides the firmware images
which should be automatically loaded as needed by the hotplug
system. It also provides a small loader utility which can be used to
accomplish the same thing when hotplug is not in use.
There are three methods to install atmel-firmware
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install atmel-firmware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install atmel-firmware
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install atmel-firmware
Install atmel-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install atmel-firmware
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install atmel-firmware
Install atmel-firmware Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install atmel-firmware
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install atmel-firmware
How To Uninstall atmel-firmware on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the atmel-firmware
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove atmel-firmware
Uninstall atmel-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall atmel-firmware
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove atmel-firmware
Remove atmel-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove atmel-firmware
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge atmel-firmware
Remove atmel-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove atmel-firmware
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atmel-firmware
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install atmel-firmware
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.
