How To Install libdfu1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfu1 on Debian 9.
What is libdfu1
libdfu1 is:
fwupd is a daemon to allow session software to update device firmware. You can either use a GUI software manager like GNOME Software to view and apply updates, the command-line tool or the system D-Bus interface directly. Currently, firmware updates using the UEFI capsule format and for the ColorHug are supported. More formats may be supported in the future. See https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd for details
This package provides the library used by the daemon for DFU support.
There are three methods to install libdfu1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdfu1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdfu1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdfu1
Install libdfu1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdfu1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdfu1
Install libdfu1 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 libdfu1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdfu1
How To Uninstall libdfu1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libdfu1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdfu1
Uninstall libdfu1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdfu1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdfu1
Remove libdfu1 Configurations and Data
To remove libdfu1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdfu1
Remove libdfu1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdfu1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdfu1
Dependencies
libdfu1 have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-appstreamglib-1.0
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gusb-1.0
- libelf1
- libgirepository-1.0-1
- libappstream-glib8
- libc6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgusb2
- libusb-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfu1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
