How To Install fwupd-unsigned-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install fwupd-unsigned-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fwupd-unsigned-dev is Firmware update daemon (Development information)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-unsigned-dev on Debian 12.

What is fwupd-unsigned-dev

fwupd-unsigned-dev 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/fwupd/fwupd for details

This package provides the dependencies for the fwupd daemon to resolve

There are three methods to install fwupd-unsigned-dev on Debian 12. 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-unsigned-dev 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-unsigned-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fwupd-unsigned-dev

Install fwupd-unsigned-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fwupd-unsigned-dev

Install fwupd-unsigned-dev 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-unsigned-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwupd-unsigned-dev

How To Uninstall fwupd-unsigned-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the fwupd-unsigned-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fwupd-unsigned-dev

Uninstall fwupd-unsigned-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fwupd-unsigned-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwupd-unsigned-dev

Remove fwupd-unsigned-dev Configurations and Data

To remove fwupd-unsigned-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fwupd-unsigned-dev

Remove fwupd-unsigned-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwupd-unsigned-dev

Dependencies

fwupd-unsigned-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-unsigned-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.