How to Install and Uninstall fwupd Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "fwupd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fwupd on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fwupd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fwupd" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall fwupd on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fwupd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fwupd package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: fwupd
Version: 1.2.14-1~deb10u1
Installed-Size: 9338
Maintainer: Debian EFI
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gir1.2-dfu-1.0 (<< 0.9.7-1), libdfu-dev (<< 0.9.7-1), libdfu1 (<< 0.9.7-1)
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.17), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libefivar1 (>= 37), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libfwupd2 (>= 1.2.9), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.53.2), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.5), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libgpgme11 (>= 1.2.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 212), libgusb2 (>= 0.2.10), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsmbios-c2, libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libxmlb1, shared-mime-info
Recommends: python3, bolt, tpm2-tools, tpm2-abrmd, fwupd-signed
Breaks: gir1.2-dfu-1.0 (<< 0.9.7-1), libdfu-dev (<< 0.9.7-1), libdfu1 (<< 0.9.7-1)
Description: Firmware update daemon
Description-md5: e2a6a4815ade6f8e643ec5c7e24a3e37
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/fwupd_1.2.14-1~deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 2608924
MD5sum: afed1d0da12c03b20390fe4688022a54
SHA256: ccd32bd7e11962e894ce27e1cf25c966f33a2a36f8ed50d4c45d3fc03f682633