How to Install and Uninstall fwupd Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "fwupd" package

Learn how to install fwupd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall fwupd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: fwupd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.8-0ubuntu1
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: 5460
Provides: fwupdate
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.63.0), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libfwupd2 (>= 1.5.8-0ubuntu1), libfwupdplugin1 (>= 1.5.8-0ubuntu1), 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)
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_1.5.8-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1832084
MD5sum: 18cfd63edbc134f9f03e77b1fa838af9
SHA1: c9dd81d9b005b66ef0ffcb733e2580be03b5bd45
SHA256: 8e031437fdc0d2651079181eea4cc32673fb0f4e0cd383ab121de22a6ea34871
SHA512: 8653c8406ffe40ad66c55c67feafcd550af4a944d3cb5e90fee80d21d0ff8dcdaa761768306f650fdcc3cb3b8dca6908594f9be48556a6688251d85124b0245f
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
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