How To Install libfwup1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwup1
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfwup1
libfwup1 is:
fwupdate 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 library is to allow for the simple manipulation of UEFI firmware updates.
There are three methods to install libfwup1
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfwup1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfwup1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfwup1
Install libfwup1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfwup1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfwup1
Install libfwup1 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libfwup1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfwup1
How To Uninstall libfwup1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfwup1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfwup1
Uninstall libfwup1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfwup1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfwup1
Remove libfwup1 Configurations and Data
To remove libfwup1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfwup1
Remove libfwup1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfwup1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfwup1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwup1
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.