How To Install fwupd-amd64-signed on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-amd64-signed on Kali Linux.

What is fwupd-amd64-signed

fwupd-amd64-signed is:

fwupd provides functionality to update system firmware. It has been initially designed to update firmware using UEFI capsule updates, but it is designed to be extensible to other firmware update standards.

This package contains just the signed version of the fwupd binary, needed if your system has UEFI Secure Boot enabled. It depends on the normal fwupd package for everything else.

There are three methods to install fwupd-amd64-signed on Kali Linux. 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-amd64-signed 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-amd64-signed using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fwupd-amd64-signed

Install fwupd-amd64-signed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fwupd-amd64-signed using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fwupd-amd64-signed

Install fwupd-amd64-signed Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fwupd-amd64-signed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwupd-amd64-signed

How To Uninstall fwupd-amd64-signed on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fwupd-amd64-signed package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fwupd-amd64-signed

Uninstall fwupd-amd64-signed And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fwupd-amd64-signed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwupd-amd64-signed

Remove fwupd-amd64-signed Configurations and Data

To remove fwupd-amd64-signed configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fwupd-amd64-signed

Remove fwupd-amd64-signed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fwupd-amd64-signed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwupd-amd64-signed

Dependencies

fwupd-amd64-signed have the following dependencies:

• fwupd

References

• fwupd-amd64-signed website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-amd64-signed package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.