How To Install iwl5000-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwl5000-firmware.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. iwl5000-firmware.noarch is Firmware for Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000 A/G/N network adaptors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwl5000-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `iwl5000-firmware.noarch`

This package contains the firmware required by the iwl5000 driver for Linux. Usage of the firmware is subject to the terms and conditions contained inside the provided LICENSE file. Please read it carefully.

We can use yum to install iwl5000-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iwl5000-firmware.noarch.

Install iwl5000-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iwl5000-firmware.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iwl5000-firmware.noarch

How To Uninstall iwl5000-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the iwl5000-firmware.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove iwl5000-firmware.noarch

iwl5000-firmware.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode
/usr/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode
/usr/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
/usr/share/doc/iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1
/usr/share/doc/iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1/LICENCE.iwlwifi_firmware
/usr/share/doc/iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1/WHENCE

References

iwl5000-firmware.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwl5000-firmware.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.