How to Install and Uninstall fwupd Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 05,2024

1. Install "fwupd" package

Please follow the steps below to install fwupd on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall fwupd on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: fwupd
Version: 1.9.14-2~kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Debian EFI
Installed-Size: 8549
Depends: systemd-sysusers, libarchive13 (>= 3.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcbor0.10 (>= 0.10.2), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.63.0), libflashrom1 (>= 1.3.0), libfwupd2 (>= 1.9.10), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.77.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.3), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 165), libgusb2 (>= 0.4.8), libjcat1 (>= 0.1.12), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libmbim-glib4 (>= 1.28.0), libmbim-proxy, libmm-glib0 (>= 1.10.4), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libprotobuf-c1 (>= 1.3.1), libqmi-glib5 (>= 1.32.0), libqmi-proxy, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.1), libsystemd0, libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0 (>= 2.3.1), libxmlb2 (>= 0.3.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), 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)
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/fwupd_1.9.14-2~kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 3712832
SHA256: 5b7500c5b62d4d301c8f4d315e7a9e787e90ec18b4c5f11b161627c1419da029
SHA1: 3a6cc6aeed3d8fe1d321db815b7122a3e443d75f
MD5sum: 2cb8a6ac92f168df80a057525cc24b1d
Description: Firmware update daemon
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 for details
Description-md5: