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Registered: 2016-10-22

Posts: 17

Question about dependency on linux-firmware-nvidia when I have AMD

Greetings,

My question is more of a curiosity rather than an actual problem. While updating my system, I noticed it was also updating the package in the subject. Since I'm on a laptop with AMD graphics (and also an AMD CPU, there should be no Intel or Nvidia graphics), I tried to see if I could remove it:

$ yay -Rs linux-firmware-nvidia
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing linux-firmware-nvidia breaks dependency 'linux-firmware-nvidia' required by linux-firmware
 -> exit status 1

Why does "linux-firmware" depend on "linux-firmware-nvidia"? I also have "linux-firmware-amdgpu" installed, and I expected this to be enough.
Thank you for explaining this to me,

GTP

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,084

Re: Question about dependency on linux-firmware-nvidia when I have AMD

Because linux-firmware is a metapackage that simply pulls in almost everything that used to be in it when it was a huge package, before it was split. You don't need it, it's simply for convenience and compatibility.

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,312

Re: Question about dependency on linux-firmware-nvidia when I have AMD

You can remove linux-firmware and only install the firmware packages you need.

This has the potential of making your system unusable, so be careful with it.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_firmware

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