How to Install and Uninstall fwupd Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "fwupd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fwupd on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall fwupd on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: fwupd
Version: 1.5.7-4
Installed-Size: 5818
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: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.63.0), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libflashrom1, libfwupd2 (>= 1.5.6), libfwupdplugin1 (>= 1.5.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libgusb2 (>= 0.3.5), libjcat1 (>= 0.1.3), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsmbios-c2, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.1), libsystemd0, libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0 (>= 2.3.1), libxmlb1 (>= 0.1.13), shared-mime-info
Recommends: python3, bolt, dbus, secureboot-db, udisks2, fwupd-signed
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_1.5.7-4_amd64.deb
Size: 1962108
MD5sum: 8f44da00d9cc98ab43dd24a05bd6d135
SHA256: 26a8dcc4a83a7508ad747631293a177ccc89a09549b2c0d9472848868260670e