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fwupdmgr — Update device firmware, including UEFI, using `fwupd`. See also: `fwupdtool`. More information: <htt

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Problem

How to use the fwupdmgr command: Update device firmware, including UEFI, using fwupd. See also: fwupdtool. More information: <https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/blob/main/src/fwupdmgr.md>.

Solution

fwupdmgr — Update device firmware, including UEFI, using fwupd. See also: fwupdtool. More information: <https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/blob/main/src/fwupdmgr.md>.

Display all devices detected by fwupd:

fwupdmgr get-devices

Download the latest firmware metadata from LVFS:

fwupdmgr refresh

List the updates available for devices on your system:

fwupdmgr get-updates

Install firmware updates:

fwupdmgr update

Remount /boot with more privileges if update complains about a read-only filesystem:

sudo mount {{[-o|--options]}} uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0022 {{/dev/sdX}} /boot

Show firmware update history:

fwupdmgr get-history

Code Snippets

Display all devices detected by `fwupd`

fwupdmgr get-devices

Download the latest firmware metadata from LVFS

fwupdmgr refresh

List the updates available for devices on your system

fwupdmgr get-updates

Install firmware updates

fwupdmgr update

Remount `/boot` with more privileges if update complains about a read-only filesystem

sudo mount {{[-o|--options]}} uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0022 {{/dev/sdX}} /boot

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