How to Install and Uninstall libfwupd2 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "libfwupd2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libfwupd2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libfwupd2

2. Uninstall "libfwupd2" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libfwupd2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove libfwupd2 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libfwupd2 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libfwupd2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.7-0~20.10.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: fwupd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 237
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.53.2), libjcat1 (>= 0.1.0), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90)
Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/libfwupd2_1.4.7-0~20.10.1_amd64.deb
Size: 58224
MD5sum: e68b770c522b449d69fec31ddf5ee631
SHA1: a600767a86d4836b0618909ba0905b9bf4ddc0c4
SHA256: b2b6903e147160a18c85674fbbf01d41dd28495846376140707b5a1f6ea617e3
SHA512: 45f9cc34c19be9dca3d1e36d8c6212f4ee54f39c9104191d99cc5c2eaf877e32ce6891ccc48e22b7238a490e7351443e56606e968998fe2493ae47142cbeac5b
Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
Description-en: Firmware update daemon library
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
.
This package provides the library used by the daemon.
Description-md5: 149ac71e3036c806429868e82e340df5
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: libfwupd2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.5-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: fwupd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 233
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.53.2), libjcat1 (>= 0.1.0), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90)
Filename: pool/main/f/fwupd/libfwupd2_1.4.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 57452
MD5sum: 3830aa3c4afb86337f5437242845cb01
SHA1: fb5efa6130b83de6b932073b8eedd8c5a4cd1f2a
SHA256: 84e714504d48902ff76ca7e0a28198805838ffc4dd99eac79383ef9de17ec4ad
SHA512: c0d0e0914077908da16a84048c5e0b79b554fecbb69ab7930d6ac9a4347d4260b891cb95353d46732bbd4ff295ddb7d175f8876e7ce61a999369c26f66aec669
Homepage: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
Description-en: Firmware update daemon library
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
.
This package provides the library used by the daemon.
Description-md5: 149ac71e3036c806429868e82e340df5
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