How to Install broadcom-sta-dkms software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install broadcom-sta-dkms software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

broadcom-sta-dkms software package provides dkms source for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-dkms 

broadcom-sta-dkms is installed in your system.

Make ensure the broadcom-sta-dkms package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep broadcom-sta-dkms *

You will get with broadcom-sta-dkms package name, version, architecture and description in a table

broadcom-sta-dkms package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package broadcom-sta-dkms
Version 6.30.223.271-2
Description dkms source for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove broadcom-sta-dkms software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?