b43-fwcutter CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 Installation – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 Installing b43-fwcutter Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Download and Install b43-fwcutter in CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 GNU/Linux.

And b43-fwcutter for CentOS 8 is a Tool for extracting BCM43xx Wireless Chip Firmware from Broadcom’s Proprietary Driver Files.

So this Guide is Valid also for All the others Red Hat Linux Based Distros like:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Rocky Linux
• AlmaLinux

Finally, this guide includes detailed instructions about Installing b43 Wirelesss Drivers with b43-fwcutter on CentOS 8.

1. 1. Launching Shell Emulator

   Open a Terminal window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   

2. 2. Installing Dependencies

   Then to Install Required Package
   Run:

   sudo dnf install make

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

3. 3. Downloading b43-fwcutter for CentOS

   Download b43-fwcutter for CentOS GNU/Linux

   b43-fwcutter Source for CentOS

   b43-fwcutter for CentOS

4. 4. Extracting b43-fwcutter Archive

   Then Extract b43-fwcutter into /tmp Directory
   If it does Not Open automatically then Double-Click on File Manager

   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvjf ~/Downloads/b43-fwcutter*.tar.bz2 -C /tmp/

   But if you are in Trouble to Find Out it on Terminal See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

5. 5. Installing b43-fwcutter

   Then to Set up b43-fwcutter on CentOS
   First, Access the Target:
   (But if downloaded with Firefox it can be instead into /tmp/mozilla*)

   cd /tmp/b43-fwcutter*

   And to Make it:

   make

   Next to setup it:

   sudo make install

   Finally, to Test b43-fwcutter play:

   b43-fwcutter -l