How To Install libfwupdplugin1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwupdplugin1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libfwupdplugin1 is Firmware update daemon plugin library Firmware update daemon plugin library Firmware update daemon plugin library Firmware update daemon plugin library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwupdplugin1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libfwupdplugin1`

libfwupdplugin1 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 library for the interface between daemon and plugins. 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: libfwupdplugin1 Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 291 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Multi-Arch: same Source: fwupd Version: 1.3.11-1~focal1 Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libfwupd2 (>= 1.3.6), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.45.8), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 212), libgusb2 (>= 0.3.1), libxmlb1 (>= 0.1.15) Description-en: Firmware update daemon plugin library 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 library for the interface between daemon and plugins. Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI [email protected]

Package: libfwupdplugin1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: fwupd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 290 Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libfwupd2 (>= 1.3.6), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.45.8), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 212), libgusb2 (>= 0.3.1), libxmlb1 (>= 0.1.15) Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/libfwupdplugin1_1.3.9-4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb Size: 79888 MD5sum: beaeb087e4231ee72e72f9abf31c6571 SHA1: 465557c7feacef8d6bcca76dee0b6893241bf67a SHA256: 5305586ecd02f3e8bbf0c564ec710f6305a5df4a90ebb48f2649cf7c8cac51bf SHA512: 852de28e677c9354720908c06deb675452d242570025004001532b7c7f3cadba18c28aab73249f06a800ddff79bf0cd67cfdacc9588ffeeadee3f89772803aae Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd Description-en: Firmware update daemon plugin library 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

Package: libfwupdplugin1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3.9-4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: fwupd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 290 Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libfwupd2 (>= 1.3.6), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.45.8), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 212), libgusb2 (>= 0.3.1), libxmlb1 (>= 0.1.15) Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/libfwupdplugin1_1.3.9-4_amd64.deb Size: 79928 MD5sum: bfce18d452085785cd66ad4f934df53c SHA1: 8b6afa362d202cf9f2f3e6d5e092571578b66d87 SHA256: aa380a5bbdd0011d0ec06a1ea0201b9d2e20cd221d585c7da5c17df8d5c7bdd9 Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd Description-en: Firmware update daemon plugin library 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

There are three methods to install libfwupdplugin1 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 libfwupdplugin1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfwupdplugin1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfwupdplugin1

Install libfwupdplugin1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfwupdplugin1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfwupdplugin1

Install libfwupdplugin1 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 libfwupdplugin1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfwupdplugin1

How To Uninstall libfwupdplugin1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libfwupdplugin1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfwupdplugin1

Uninstall libfwupdplugin1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfwupdplugin1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfwupdplugin1

Remove libfwupdplugin1 Configurations and Data

To remove libfwupdplugin1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfwupdplugin1

Remove libfwupdplugin1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfwupdplugin1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfwupdplugin1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwupdplugin1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.