How To Install update-vendor-firmware on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install update-vendor-firmware in Fedora 36. update-vendor-firmware is Install and update firmware from the VendorFW package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install update-vendor-firmware on Fedora 36.

What is update-vendor-firmware

Apple Silicon systems rely on some non-redistributable firware blobs. This package extracts and installs them from the VendorFW package provided in the ESP.

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

Install update-vendor-firmware 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 update-vendor-firmware using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install update-vendor-firmware

Install update-vendor-firmware 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 update-vendor-firmware using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install update-vendor-firmware

How To Uninstall update-vendor-firmware on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the update-vendor-firmware package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove update-vendor-firmware

update-vendor-firmware Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/systemd/system/update-vendor-firmware.service
/usr/sbin/update-vendor-firmware
/usr/share/licenses/update-vendor-firmware
/usr/share/licenses/update-vendor-firmware/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install update-vendor-firmware on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).