I am not a purist, my OS should work for me, not me for my OS. I expect my hardware components to work as designed and with the most appropriate firmware/software that is available. How do I ensure I am able to have access and download all non-free firmware for my Bookwork installation?
Thanks
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[Solved] Non-Free Firmware -- How to find and install it?
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Re: Non-Free Firmware -- How to find and install it?
It is pretty straightforward.
Edit (with nano or vim or whatever) /etc/apt/sources.list.
Add contrib and non-free-firmware after main:
Then do you your regular update and upgrade.
You can also do
And
Then you can go about hunting for missing firmware, maybe using something like
Edit (with nano or vim or whatever) /etc/apt/sources.list.
Add contrib and non-free-firmware after main:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free-firmware
Then do you your regular update and upgrade.
You can also do
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sudo apt install software-properties-common
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sudo apt-add-repository contrib non-free-firmware
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# dmesg | grep -i firmware
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Re: Non-Free Firmware -- How to find and install it?
Edited the post above and fixed a typo that was kinda critical - changed "contrb" to "contrib".
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Re: Non-Free Firmware -- How to find and install it?
Thanks very much, I appreciate the link, info, and correction. I will mark this as solved and hopefully it will be of help to other members and site visitors.
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Re: [Solved] Non-Free Firmware -- How to find and install it?
It is explained in a section of the Release Notes for Bookworm - https://www.debian.org/releases/bookwor ... free-split
Everyone reads the Release Notes before installing, right?
contrib is not essential but can be useful.
Everyone reads the Release Notes before installing, right?
contrib is not essential but can be useful.
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Re: [Solved] Non-Free Firmware -- How to find and install it?
Touche' ... you are correct. As I recall, I did read the Release Notes, but coming from Mint I had no idea what non-free-firmware was about, so quickly moved on. I followed a thread from another member here that was not pleased about non-free-firmware being installed and that piqued my interest enough to want to be certain I had access to all the tools in the toolbox. I have since read more about the matter; I do appreciate the links and advice from all.sunrat wrote: ↑2024-04-28 22:43 It is explained in a section of the Release Notes for Bookworm - https://www.debian.org/releases/bookwor ... free-split
Everyone reads the Release Notes before installing, right?
contrib is not essential but can be useful.
Thanks