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[varunendra <1367882@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The recommended method now is "sudo apt-get install
firmware-b43-installer", if a temporary connection can be arranged to
download the firmware from internet.

Alternatively, if the target system can't be connected to internet, the
entire b43 firmware directory can also be extracted and copied from the
linux-firmware-nonfree package itself. That version of the package still
contains the firmware files, only is configured such that it does not
install them in its normal operation. However, the firmware files have
been removed from version 1.16 of the linux-firmware-nonfree package.

Instructions for the alternative (offline) method above in short -

* Download version 1.14 from here : http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/linux-firmware-nonfree
* Copy it to the target system and right-click > open it with whatever archive manager program you have installed (e.g. file-roller, a.k.a. "Archive Manager")
* Extract the entire "b43" directory from the package, for example, on your Desktop.
* Copy it to your /lib/firmware directory - "sudo cp -r Desktop/b43 /lib/firmware"
* Reboot

This method is no better than the one in the post #38 linked by woofer
above, but an official package is more trusted than an attachment by
some user.

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Title:
  linux-firmware-nonfree doesn't properly install firmware.

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  The latest version of linux-firmware-nonfree does not install the
  firmware files to /lib/firmware as expected. In fact, if --reinstall
  is selected, the package actually removes previously installed
  firmware! Please see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2243562
  Refer to posts #9 and following.

  On my own system, I did: sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-
  firmware-nonfree. After it completes, I did: ls -al /lib/firmware/b43
  and find: ls: cannot access /lib/firmware/b43: No such file or
  directory

  As this package installs required firmware for many ubiquitous
  Broadcom wireless devices, it is important that this bug be corrected
  soon.

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