How To Install fwupd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd on CentOS 7.
What is fwupd
fwupd is a daemon to allow session software to update device firmware. fwupd is a daemon to allow session software to update device firmware.
We can use yum or dnf to install fwupd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fwupd.
Install fwupd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fwupd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fwupd
Install fwupd on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fwupd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fwupd
How To Uninstall fwupd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the fwupd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fwupd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.