{"id":8450,"date":"2021-07-20T12:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T12:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=8450"},"modified":"2021-07-20T12:21:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T12:21:01","slug":"how-to-update-firmware-on-ubuntu-using-fwupd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/ubuntu\/how-to-update-firmware-on-ubuntu-using-fwupd\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Update Firmware on Ubuntu Using fwupd"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>fwupd is an open-source daemon for serving to update a device\u2019s firmware on Linux.<\/p>\n<p>fwupd downloads firmware from the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS), which is a reputable website that allows hardware suppliers to provide their firmware updates.<\/p>\n<p>This article will show you how to update firmware on Ubuntu using fwupd as we go through below.<\/p>\n<h2>Get fwupd by the terminal on Ubuntu<\/h2>\n<p>You can check if fwupd is installed with the command:<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt list --installed fwupd<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1248\" height=\"180\" class=\"wp-image-8451\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-491.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-491.png 1248w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-491-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-491-1024x148.png 1024w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-491-768x111.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1248px) 100vw, 1248px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If it is installed, terminal will appear as shown above<\/p>\n<p>else:<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt install fwupd<\/pre>\n<h2>Steps to update the firmware on Ubuntu<\/h2>\n<p>List all detected devices by fwupd:<\/p>\n<pre>$ fwupdmgr get-devices<\/pre>\n<p>Get the newest metadata from the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS):<\/p>\n<pre>$ fwupdmgr refresh<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1472\" height=\"112\" class=\"wp-image-8452\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-492.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-492.png 1472w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-492-300x23.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-492-1024x78.png 1024w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/word-image-492-768x58.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1472px) 100vw, 1472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>List available updates on the system:<\/p>\n<pre>$ fwupdmgr get-updates<\/pre>\n<p>Install updates:<\/p>\n<pre>$ fwupdmgr update<\/pre>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019ve already gone through the details of how to update firmware on Ubuntu using fwupd.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction fwupd is an open-source daemon for serving to update a device\u2019s firmware on Linux. fwupd downloads firmware from the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS), which is a&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[428,100],"class_list":["post-8450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubuntu","tag-firmware","tag-ubuntu-20-04"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}