How to Install fwupdate software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install fwupdate software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

fwupdate software package provides Tools to manage UEFI firmware updates, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install fwupdate 

fwupdate is installed in your system.

Make ensure the fwupdate package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fwupdate *

You will get with fwupdate package name, version, architecture and description in a table

fwupdate package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Administration Utilities
Package fwupdate
Version 0.5-2ubuntu4
Description Tools to manage UEFI firmware updates
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove fwupdate software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?