Re: just a question about the iwlwifi_20230515-3 file
On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 03:39:59PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> This is what I did and the errors it produced.
>
> root@debiandesktop-4:/home/maureen/Debian# dpkg -i
> firmware-iwlwifi_20210315-3_all.deb
> dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
> dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
> Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and
> /sbin
>
At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i complains.
Assuming that you have an Intel wifi chipset and previously had iwlwifi
installed, there's probably no need to install a non-free-firmware package
from sid just to get iwlwifi versions that absolutely match the error message
that prompted you to go looking for a newer version.
In general: firmware doesn't change *that* often and an older iwlwifi
verion will just carry on working until there's a new one to replace it.
DontBreakDebian - mixing distribution versions is hard and can lead to
significant problems.
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
> On 9/5/23 1:40 AM, jeremy ardley wrote:
> >
> > On 5/9/23 12:23, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> > > I have tried every witch way to install it but am at a complete loss.
> >
> >
> > Assuming you downloaded a deb file, the usual mechansim is
> >
> > sudo dpkg - i <yourfile>.deb
> >
> > sudo apt --fix-broken install
> >
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