How To Install fwupd-signed on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-signed on Ubuntu 20.04. fwupd-signed is Linux Firmware Updater EFI signed binary Linux Firmware Updater EFI signed binary Linux Firmware Updater EFI signed binary Linux Firmware Updater EFI signed binary

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-signed on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `fwupd-signed`

fwupd-signed is:

fwupd provides functionality to update system firmware. It has been initially designed to update firmware using UEFI capsule updates, but it is designed to be extensible to other firmware update standards.

This package contains a version of the fwupd binary signed with Canonical’s UEFI signing key. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: fwupd-signed Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 77 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Multi-Arch: foreign Source: fwupd-signed (1.27.1ubuntu2) Version: 1.27.1ubuntu2+1.3.11-1~focal1 Depends: fwupd (= 1.3.11-1~focal1) Recommends: secureboot-db Description-en: Linux Firmware Updater EFI signed binary fwupd provides functionality to update system firmware. It has been initially designed to update firmware using UEFI capsule updates, but it is designed to be extensible to other firmware update standards.

This package contains a version of the fwupd binary signed with Canonical’s UEFI signing key. Built-Using: fwupd (= 1.3.11-1~focal1)

Package: fwupd-signed Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.27.1ubuntu1+1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1 Built-Using: fwupd (= 1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: utils Source: fwupd-signed (1.27.1ubuntu1) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 77 Depends: fwupd (= 1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1) Recommends: secureboot-db Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd-signed/fwupd-signed_1.27.1ubuntu1+1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb Size: 26104 MD5sum: c8b2e643851b4c1ad1bb49b16627c25a SHA1: 765e0fb5d944c761a26bff1e7e7d04cb21ab4306 SHA256: bc3ba797fcafd66829a4c2b37a9c3594120a047eaa1029bbc1b823eeadf3fef1 SHA512: a0c21563673c91c05af2dc38eef3f29d6dc47d0c27ecd318a1ef12edc29b5f8ada72a11eae16aeb04638afe7586c6e4b736562b5f7178edeb5358b8438ba439e Description-en: Linux Firmware Updater EFI signed binary fwupd provides functionality to update system firmware. It has been initially designed to update firmware using UEFI capsule updates, but it is designed to be extensible to other firmware update standards.

Package: fwupd-signed Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.27+1.3.9-4 Built-Using: fwupd (= 1.3.9-4) Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: utils Source: fwupd-signed (1.27) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 77 Depends: fwupd (= 1.3.9-4) Recommends: secureboot-db Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd-signed/fwupd-signed_1.27+1.3.9-4_amd64.deb Size: 26036 MD5sum: d2164039da979ff10758ef6201a0c3e2 SHA1: f13c6f42d7b67573132e25a7c9c2d87fd7f8d3ca SHA256: 13a8823aef476faafbee690805aaa3735f5fc526aaec1be19727ba1288a3b275 Description-en: Linux Firmware Updater EFI signed binary fwupd provides functionality to update system firmware. It has been initially designed to update firmware using UEFI capsule updates, but it is designed to be extensible to other firmware update standards.

There are three methods to install fwupd-signed on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fwupd-signed Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fwupd-signed using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fwupd-signed

Install fwupd-signed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fwupd-signed using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fwupd-signed

Install fwupd-signed Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fwupd-signed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwupd-signed

How To Uninstall fwupd-signed on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the fwupd-signed package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fwupd-signed

Uninstall fwupd-signed And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fwupd-signed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwupd-signed

Remove fwupd-signed Configurations and Data

To remove fwupd-signed configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fwupd-signed

Remove fwupd-signed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fwupd-signed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwupd-signed

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-signed package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.