How To Install libfwupd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwupd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfwupd-dev
libfwupd-dev 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. Firmware updates are supported for a variety of technologies. See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd for details
This package provides the development files for libfwupd
Package: libfwupd-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: fwupd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 456 Depends: libfwupd2 (= 1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1), gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 (= 1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1) Breaks: fwupd-dev (« 0.5.4-2~) Replaces: fwupd-dev (« 0.5.4-2~) Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/libfwupd-dev_1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb Size: 35588 MD5sum: 204d987f23c35efeb45dc6d139be8323 SHA1: daa2c0a5ae8e9373c9d0423a02cc2fcc6b880afa SHA256: 48570498442e3b347b3187bba2973d5d85470077850175f098a93f7ad8a44566 SHA512: 24d82ea401fcae3088ee14fa14c7a0964138dff94ca6613da9c1c0cf93b501d44559d105242c2c5495649df95c8b8a0e411ff3f71fb39c43ef41ce65028e6c1d Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd Description-en: development files for libfwupd 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. Firmware updates are supported for a variety of technologies. See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd for details
This package provides the development files for libfwupd
Package: libfwupd-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3.9-4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: fwupd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 456 Depends: libfwupd2 (= 1.3.9-4), gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 (= 1.3.9-4) Breaks: fwupd-dev (« 0.5.4-2~) Replaces: fwupd-dev (« 0.5.4-2~) Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/libfwupd-dev_1.3.9-4_amd64.deb Size: 35580 MD5sum: 555be05f4bc039cc6939c50e464fddb5 SHA1: f070def8f1e69fa3b41e86986fa84cce8b6f64f3 SHA256: 277494605445e3bffcc586666a3b49887954b47cb3b49ee1445d29c4565ecb1e Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd Description-en: development files for libfwupd 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. Firmware updates are supported for a variety of technologies. See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd for details
This package provides the development files for libfwupd
There are three methods to install libfwupd-dev 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 libfwupd-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfwupd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfwupd-dev
Install libfwupd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfwupd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfwupd-dev
Install libfwupd-dev 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 libfwupd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfwupd-dev
How To Uninstall libfwupd-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfwupd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfwupd-dev
Uninstall libfwupd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfwupd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfwupd-dev
Remove libfwupd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfwupd-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfwupd-dev
Remove libfwupd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfwupd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfwupd-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwupd-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.