Re: Firmware for Broadcom BCM4318 Wireless LAN Controller

Hi Cedar,

On Sat, 2025-07-19 at 19:57 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote:
> cedar@ibook-g4:~$ sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer
> [sudo] password for cedar: 
> Solving dependencies... Error!  
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> Unsatisfied dependencies:
>  firmware-b43-installer : Depends: b43-fwcutter (>= 1:019-14) but 1:019-12+ports is to be installed
> Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> Error: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional context:
>    Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions:
>    1. firmware-b43-installer:powerpc=1:019-14 is selected for install
>    2. firmware-b43-installer:powerpc=1:019-14 Depends b43-fwcutter (>= 1:019-14)
>       but none of the choices are installable:
>       [no choices]
> cedar@ibook-g4:~$ apt show b43-fwcutter
> Package: b43-fwcutter
> Version: 1:019-12+ports
> Priority: optional
> Section: contrib/utils
> Maintainer: Debian QA Group <[email protected]>
> Installed-Size: 113 kB
> Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34)
> Homepage: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43
> Download-Size: 25.3 kB
> APT-Manual-Installed: yes
> APT-Sources: http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased/main powerpc Packages
> Description: utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
>  This package provides a tool for extracting BCM43xx wireless chip
>  firmware from Broadcom's proprietary driver files.
>  .
>  It is used by the firmware-b43(legacy)-installer packages as part of
>  the automated process of downloading and installing firmware.
> 
> Please advise.

Try to explicitly install the version from Debian Ports so that the package
version of b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43-installer match.

# apt install firmware-b43-installer=1:019-12+ports

I'll build and upload an updated version for Debian Ports later.

Adrian

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