wiki/wiki/linux/fwupd.md

fwupd

fwupd is a daemon for managing and installing firmware updates on Linux based operating systems. It is mainly used for UEFI firmware and supported devices.

Setup

fwupd can be installed on most distributions by installing the fwupd package.

Usage

The following commands describe the basic usage of an update process using fwupd.

First the devices updatable by fwupd can be checked.

fwupdmgr get-devices

Afterward the latest metadata can be downloaded by the following command.

fwupdmgr refresh

The updates can the be listed.

fwupdmgr get-updates

Finally, the updates can be installed.

fwupdmgr update