How To Install fwupd on Debian 10
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:
- libarchive13
- libc6
- libefiboot1
- libefivar1
- libelf1
- libfwupd2
- libgcab-1.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnutls30
- libgpg-error0
- libgpgme11
- libgudev-1.0-0
- libgusb2
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- libpolkit-gobject-1-0
- libsmbios-c2
- libsoup2.4-1
- libsqlite3-0
- libxmlb1
- shared-mime-info
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.