How To Install fwupd-plugin-flashrom on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-plugin-flashrom in Fedora 36. fwupd-plugin-flashrom is fwupd plugin using flashrom

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-plugin-flashrom on Fedora 36.

What is fwupd-plugin-flashrom

This provides the optional package which is only required on hardware that can be flashed using flashrom. It is probably not required on servers.

We can use yum or dnf to install fwupd-plugin-flashrom on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fwupd-plugin-flashrom.

Install fwupd-plugin-flashrom on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fwupd-plugin-flashrom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fwupd-plugin-flashrom

Install fwupd-plugin-flashrom on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fwupd-plugin-flashrom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fwupd-plugin-flashrom

How To Uninstall fwupd-plugin-flashrom on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fwupd-plugin-flashrom

fwupd-plugin-flashrom Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/09218e6a6f945ded6b4a0ced1224e24d57c3c5
/usr/lib64/fwupd-plugins-5/libfu_plugin_flashrom.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/45ba4f26a4e02205022737660e4c08728a2280
/usr/lib64/fwupd-plugins-5/libfu_plugin_flashrom.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-plugin-flashrom on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).