# fwupd mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper, winget installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für fwupd in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:fwupd ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fwupd ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add fwupd ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fwupd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install fwupd ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: fwupd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install fwupd ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fwupd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fwupd ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S fwupd ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: fwupd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install fwupd ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fwupd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id fwupd.fwupd -e ``` Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: fwupd.fwupd from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:fwupd - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.1.7 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Firmware update daemon - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-27T18:50:39Z - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - dbxtool (Alias) - fwupdtool (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 2.1.7 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung fwupd is a Linux system daemon and command-line toolset for making device firmware updates automatic, safe, and reliable. It is closely tied to the Linux Vendor Firmware Service, the metadata and firmware distribution service used by major Linux distributions and client software such as fwupdmgr and GNOME Software. ### Projektgeschichte The GitHub repository was created in February 2015, and the LVFS website carries a 2015 copyright notice. Early tags used names such as `fwupd_0_1_0`; later releases moved to numeric version tags and by 2026 the project had 2.x releases. The upstream README describes fwupd as a daemon for session software to update firmware and advises most end users to use the version packaged and tested by their Linux distribution instead of compiling it manually. Over time, fwupd grew from a daemon and CLI into a plugin-based firmware update framework with support for LVFS remotes, graphical frontends, enterprise approval workflows, report-history feedback, device emulation, Host Security ID documentation, and security tooling such as fuzzing and static analysis. ### Adoptionsgeschichte fwupd's adoption is inseparable from LVFS. The LVFS homepage says the service is used by all major Linux distributions to provide metadata for clients such as fwupdmgr and GNOME Software, and the fwupd README says the project is configured by default to download firmware from LVFS. The package is broadly distributed across Linux distributions and package managers. Upstream documentation explicitly tells users to rely on distro-maintained packages in most cases, making fwupd a canonical example of firmware update functionality moving into the Linux distribution layer. LVFS documentation also frames the service for hardware vendors, end users, and developers, with vendor-uploaded redistributable firmware packaged in `.cab` archives and consumed by clients on end-user machines. ### Wie es verwendet wird The basic command-line flow is to run `fwupdmgr get-devices`, refresh metadata, check updates, and run `fwupdmgr update`. Some updates apply live, while others are staged for the next boot. Configuration is Linux system-level. Official generated docs describe `/etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf` as the main daemon config and provide a separate manual page for `fwupd-remotes.d` remote configuration. For enterprises, approved updates can constrain which firmware is available from a central source. For local-network efficiency, fwupd can integrate with Passim to republish downloaded metadata for nearby clients. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren fwupd is one of the most important Linux firmware packages because it bridges OS package management, hardware vendor firmware, desktop software centers, signed metadata, device plugins, and boot-time update mechanisms. It is also a packaging case study in why some tools should be maintained by distributions: the upstream README emphasizes dependency complexity, integration testing, and interactions with other system software such as GNOME Software. For package historians, fwupd and LVFS mark a shift from vendor-specific firmware downloads toward a shared Linux firmware update pipeline. ### Zeitleiste - 2015: Public fwupd repository created and LVFS website copyright begins. - 2015: Early `fwupd_0_1_0` tags appear. - 2021: 1.6.x releases published. - 2026: 2.1.x releases published. - 2026: 2.0.21 release published. ### Related projects - LVFS is the central related service and provides firmware metadata and hosting for fwupd clients. - GNOME Software is a graphical frontend named by LVFS and upstream docs. - Passim can republish fwupd metadata on local networks. - dbxtool and fwupdtool are related command-line tools documented with fwupd. ### Quellen - - - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise Für fwupd wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Linux: /etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf, /etc/fwupd/remotes.d ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - fwupd - 2.0.20-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fwupd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Firmware update daemon | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Debian apt - fwupd-doc - 2.0.20-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fwupd-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Firmware update daemon documentation (HTML format) | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Debian apt - fwupd-tests - 2.0.20-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fwupd-tests from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Test suite for firmware update daemon | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Debian apt - gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 - 2.0.20-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GObject introspection data for libfwupd | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Debian apt - libfwupd-dev - 2.0.20-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfwupd-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | development files for libfwupd | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Debian apt - libfwupd3 - 2.0.20-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfwupd3 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Firmware update daemon library | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Nix - fwupd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - fwupd - 1.9.16-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fwupd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Firmware update daemon | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Ubuntu apt - fwupd-doc - 1.9.16-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fwupd-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Firmware update daemon documentation (HTML format) | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Ubuntu apt - fwupd-tests - 1.9.16-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fwupd-tests from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Test suite for firmware update daemon | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Ubuntu apt - gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 - 1.9.16-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GObject introspection data for libfwupd | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Ubuntu apt - libfwupd-dev - 1.9.16-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfwupd-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | development files for libfwupd | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - Ubuntu apt - libfwupd2 - 1.9.16-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfwupd2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Firmware update daemon library | https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd - apk - fwupd - 2.1.7-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fwupd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Firmware update daemon | https://fwupd.org/ - apk - fwupd-dbg - 2.1.7-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fwupd-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Firmware update daemon (debug symbols) | https://fwupd.org/ - apk - fwupd-dev - 2.1.7-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fwupd-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Firmware update daemon (development files) | https://fwupd.org/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fwupd.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fwupd.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph