How to Install and Uninstall fwupd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "fwupd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fwupd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall fwupd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: fwupd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.7-0~20.10.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5848
Provides: fwupdate
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libefivar1 (>= 37), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libfwupd2 (>= 1.4.7-0~20.10.1), libfwupdplugin1 (>= 1.4.7-0~20.10.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libgusb2 (>= 0.3.1), libjcat1 (>= 0.1.3), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsmbios-c2, libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.1), libtss2-esys0 (>= 2.3.1), libxmlb1 (>= 0.1.13), shared-mime-info
Recommends: python3, bolt, fwupd-signed
Conflicts: fwupdate-amd64-signed, fwupdate-arm64-signed, fwupdate-armhf-signed, fwupdate-i386-signed
Breaks: 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)
Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/fwupd_1.4.7-0~20.10.1_amd64.deb
Size: 2124428
MD5sum: b97b271fb4120e43ea16e9ede55ce0fc
SHA1: 20c9b8c9a4204b13d6e936b5d69d026147c50442
SHA256: 4d0ef112b21d04b98a9668be6f059f813be1ad965960d720df6edaa7965bbb1c
SHA512: 8e8dddf09045e9679b2ebb54e39b5a8be3022c7efb447bad90ad6136a398df3f9fb8d35fbf82e9a51f59f92f2bd7a3dee8bd98629cfc22ee0a21109681b84e59
Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
Description-en: 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: cdd6fee34520bc38e3f317c22bf0694b
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: fwupd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.5-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5752
Provides: fwupdate
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libefivar1 (>= 37), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libfwupd2 (>= 1.4.5), libfwupdplugin1 (>= 1.4.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libgusb2 (>= 0.3.1), libjcat1 (>= 0.1.3), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsmbios-c2, libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.1), libtss2-esys0 (>= 2.3.1), libxmlb1 (>= 0.1.13), shared-mime-info
Recommends: python3, bolt, fwupd-signed
Conflicts: fwupdate-amd64-signed, fwupdate-arm64-signed, fwupdate-armhf-signed, fwupdate-i386-signed
Breaks: 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)
Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/fwupd_1.4.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2105432
MD5sum: f7be02ed55e07fb5e3afc52a45a1c640
SHA1: eeab0517338075f08d42b556c4d16640bd7d6e99
SHA256: 4c604ef719f3888b9420237e40fe3471ce951b429545133d04ed80fbf4e98257
SHA512: f3c718b02b6c1dc55b00a0b735938fc97966fe5e2217073af0eb08f3dd7aba0d87437712d602874e2a36c9e43b735ab7eda1a73788347fc65233213d3dfb4987
Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
Description-en: 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: cdd6fee34520bc38e3f317c22bf0694b
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop