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| 1 | +# fwupd |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Introduction |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +[fwupd][fwupd website] is an open-source project, that |
| 6 | +is widely used to make firmware updates almost as seamless and simple |
| 7 | +as updating system packages. It is supported by most hardware vendors |
| 8 | +and Linux distributions. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +The `fwupd` daemon relies on the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) |
| 11 | +for distributing and managing the firmware binaries to the users. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +!!! note |
| 14 | + `fwupd` depends on |
| 15 | + [Capsule Updates](https://docs.dasharo.com/guides/capsule-update/) |
| 16 | + support. Refer to the "Firmware update" section of your device |
| 17 | + documentation (like [this one](https://docs.dasharo.com/unified/novacustom/firmware-update/)). |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +## Usage |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +The most popular Desktop Environments like Gnome and KDE automatically |
| 22 | +look for firmware updates on LVFS and suggest performing them with a |
| 23 | +simple button press. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +|| |
| 26 | +|--| |
| 27 | +|Firmware update available in Gnome Software| |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +For more advanced users or in more lightweight |
| 30 | +DEs/WMs `fwupdmgr` can be used in the terminal. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +* Detect the supported hardware |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | + ```bash |
| 35 | + fwupdmgr get-devices |
| 36 | + ``` |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +* Refresh metadata from LVFS |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + ```bash |
| 41 | + fwupdmgr refresh |
| 42 | + ``` |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +* Check for available updates |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + ```bash |
| 47 | + fwupdmgr get-updates |
| 48 | + ``` |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +* Download and install the firmware updates |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | + ```bash |
| 53 | + fwupdmgr update |
| 54 | + ``` |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +## References |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +[fwupd website][fwupd website] |
| 59 | +[fwupd github repository][fwupd github repository] |
| 60 | +[fwupd documentation][fwupd documentation] |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +[fwupd website]: https://fwupd.org |
| 63 | +[fwupd github repository]: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd |
| 64 | +[fwupd documentation]: https://lvfs.readthedocs.io |
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