How To Install libfwupd2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwupd2 on Kali Linux.
What is libfwupd2
libfwupd2 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 library used by the daemon.
There are three methods to install libfwupd2 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 libfwupd2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfwupd2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfwupd2Install libfwupd2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfwupd2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfwupd2Install libfwupd2 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfwupd2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfwupd2How To Uninstall libfwupd2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libfwupd2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfwupd2Uninstall libfwupd2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfwupd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfwupd2Remove libfwupd2 Configurations and Data
To remove libfwupd2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfwupd2Remove libfwupd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfwupd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfwupd2Dependencies
libfwupd2 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfwupd2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.