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I've had to research this not having a linux mint box at present. This is what I saw as the unmodified sources.list file which is placed in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list in linux mint:
It is evident that it includes the non-free repositories, and it is certain that the package firmware-misc-nonfree is available in that debian repository set in this sources list above.
If you could compare your sources list in /etc/apt/sources.list, and the sources in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list with the above and see what is missing, that would help.
If you have the line:
in your sources list, then the firmware-misc-nonfree package will be available to be installed by apt-get.
If by chance that repository is already there on your system after your attempts to install it and failed to, then it's a conundrum that I can't get at the moment.
If that repository doesn't appear, you could include it, and then run apt-get again, update and install the firmware package.
An alternative to the above approach is to download the package from a debian or linux mint repository
and install it with the dpkg command.
First however, install the package: initramfs-tools, if it is not already installed. Use apt-get to install that because it's recommended for the firmware package. Then, download the firmware package and install it with dpkg with a command like:
The package is available in the directory here: http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/
Code:
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com elsie main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org bullseye-security main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-freeIt is evident that it includes the non-free repositories, and it is certain that the package firmware-misc-nonfree is available in that debian repository set in this sources list above.
If you could compare your sources list in /etc/apt/sources.list, and the sources in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list with the above and see what is missing, that would help.
If you have the line:
Code:
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-freeIf by chance that repository is already there on your system after your attempts to install it and failed to, then it's a conundrum that I can't get at the moment.
If that repository doesn't appear, you could include it, and then run apt-get again, update and install the firmware package.
An alternative to the above approach is to download the package from a debian or linux mint repository
and install it with the dpkg command.
First however, install the package: initramfs-tools, if it is not already installed. Use apt-get to install that because it's recommended for the firmware package. Then, download the firmware package and install it with dpkg with a command like:
Code:
dpkg -i firmware-misc-nonfree_20210315-3_all.deb
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This is my official package repositories
This was the output after putting those non-free repositories in sources.list (not official package repositories) (initramfs-tools was already installed after trying apt-get in root terminal)
This was the output after putting those non-free repositories in sources.list (not official package repositories) (initramfs-tools was already installed after trying apt-get in root terminal)
Also
Those repositores are the norm for LMDE 5, I'm using Mint 21.1 Vera
In post #23 you didn't use the full package name: firmware-misc-nonfree. I don't know if it'll make a difference with your repository though. In the command to install initramfs-tools, you have omitted the "install" argument, but it's already installed so that's okay. Clearly I picked the wrong mint. You could consider taking the advice of the output from your command, to sort out the verification:
Other than that, there's the alternative approach mentioned in post #22 using dpkg.
Code:
see apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
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That pkg (firmware-misc-nonfree) is not installed from looking at the output that you posted, thanks.
In post #22 osprey posted the link for you to go get that pkg.
If you must have that pkg installed I would get it from there.
In post #22 osprey posted the link for you to go get that pkg.
Code:
firmware-misc-nonfree_20210315-3_all.deb 2021-07-26 12:32 8.5MIf you must have that pkg installed I would get it from there.
