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 > >
