How To Install fwupdate-amd64-signed on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupdate-amd64-signed on Debian 10.
What is fwupdate-amd64-signed
fwupdate-amd64-signed is:
fwupdate 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 just the signed version of the fwupdate binary, needed if your system has UEFI Secure Boot enabled. It depends on the normal fwupdate package for everything else.
There are three methods to install fwupdate-amd64-signed on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fwupdate-amd64-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 fwupdate-amd64-signed using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fwupdate-amd64-signed
Install fwupdate-amd64-signed Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fwupdate-amd64-signed using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fwupdate-amd64-signed
Install fwupdate-amd64-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fwupdate-amd64-signed using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fwupdate-amd64-signed
How To Uninstall fwupdate-amd64-signed on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fwupdate-amd64-signed package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fwupdate-amd64-signed
Uninstall fwupdate-amd64-signed And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fwupdate-amd64-signed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwupdate-amd64-signed
Remove fwupdate-amd64-signed Configurations and Data
To remove fwupdate-amd64-signed configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fwupdate-amd64-signed
Remove fwupdate-amd64-signed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fwupdate-amd64-signed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwupdate-amd64-signed
Dependencies
fwupdate-amd64-signed have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupdate-amd64-signed package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
