How to Install and Uninstall fwupd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fwupd on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fwupd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install fwupd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fwupd
Version: 1.8.12-2
Installed-Size: 6821
Maintainer: Debian EFI
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: fwupdate (<< 12-7), gir1.2-dfu-1.0 (<< 0.9.7-1), libdfu-dev (<< 0.9.7-1), libdfu1 (<< 0.9.7-1)
Provides: fwupdate
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcbor0.8 (>= 0.8.0), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.63.0), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libflashrom1 (>= 1.3.0), libfwupd2 (>= 1.8.11), libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.70.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.3), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 212), libgusb2 (>= 0.3.8), libjcat1 (>= 0.1.3), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libmbim-glib4 (>= 1.28.0), libmbim-proxy, libmm-glib0 (>= 1.10.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libprotobuf-c1 (>= 1.3.1), libqmi-glib5 (>= 1.18.0), libqmi-proxy, libsmbios-c2, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.1), libsystemd0, libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0 (>= 2.3.1), libxmlb2 (>= 0.3.2), adduser, shared-mime-info
Recommends: python3, bolt, dbus, secureboot-db, udisks2, fwupd-signed, jq
Suggests: gir1.2-fwupd-2.0
Conflicts: fwupdate-amd64-signed, fwupdate-arm64-signed, fwupdate-armhf-signed, fwupdate-i386-signed
Breaks: fwupdate (<< 12-7), 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: cdd6fee34520bc38e3f317c22bf0694b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/fwupd_1.8.12-2_amd64.deb
Size: 2845432
MD5sum: 727787ef3c4a4f3a6ffde8b057699aa1
SHA256: 624fd77d0e87ca639dcea07ff471489aeb4b6ec70aedddafaee5ecbe80ae4055