Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is broadcom-sta-dkms
broadcom-sta-dkms is:
Broadcom STA is a binary-only device driver to support the following IEEE
802.11a/b/g/n wireless network cards: BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-,
BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43142-, BCM43224-, BCM43225-, BCM43227-, BCM43228-,
BCM4331-, BCM4360-, and BCM4352-based hardware.
This package provides the source code for the wl kernel modules and makes use
of the DKMS build utility to install them for the running kernel. The
alternative package broadcom-sta-source can be used instead in case of build
problems.
The wireless-tools package is also required in order to make use of these
modules. Kernel source or headers are required to compile these modules.
Package: broadcom-sta-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 6.30.223.271-12
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/admin
Source: broadcom-sta
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Eduard Bloch [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14141
Provides: broadcom-sta-modules
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Recommends: wireless-tools
Conflicts: broadcom-sta-modules
Filename: pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-12_all.deb
Size: 2204732
MD5sum: 53eed0daa3112dac61f116dd84180f93
SHA1: 8ee99e1955995bd4e1148d8f9118417261c47a58
SHA256: 8d647e5127cbfbcbb074f3a950ad30d4caaf4e371680e08d420593e1d0c99d6a
Homepage: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
Description-en: dkms source for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver
Broadcom STA is a binary-only device driver to support the following IEEE
802.11a/b/g/n wireless network cards: BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-,
BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43142-, BCM43224-, BCM43225-, BCM43227-, BCM43228-,
BCM4331-, BCM4360-, and BCM4352-based hardware.
This package provides the source code for the wl kernel modules and makes use
of the DKMS build utility to install them for the running kernel. The
alternative package broadcom-sta-source can be used instead in case of build
problems.
The wireless-tools package is also required in order to make use of these
modules. Kernel source or headers are required to compile these modules.
There are three methods to install broadcom-sta-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install broadcom-sta-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install broadcom-sta-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install broadcom-sta-dkms
Install broadcom-sta-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install broadcom-sta-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install broadcom-sta-dkms
Install broadcom-sta-dkms 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 broadcom-sta-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install broadcom-sta-dkms
How To Uninstall broadcom-sta-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the broadcom-sta-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove broadcom-sta-dkms
Uninstall broadcom-sta-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall broadcom-sta-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove broadcom-sta-dkms
Remove broadcom-sta-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove broadcom-sta-dkms configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge broadcom-sta-dkms
Remove broadcom-sta-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove broadcom-sta-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge broadcom-sta-dkms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install broadcom-sta-dkms package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
