How To Install fwupd on Debian 10

Learn how to install fwupd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fwupd is Firmware update daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd on Debian 10.

What is fwupd

fwupd 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/hughsie/fwupd for details

There are three methods to install fwupd 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 fwupd 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fwupd

Install fwupd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fwupd

Install fwupd 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 fwupd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwupd

How To Uninstall fwupd on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove fwupd

Uninstall fwupd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fwupd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwupd

Remove fwupd Configurations and Data

To remove fwupd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fwupd

Remove fwupd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwupd

Dependencies

fwupd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.