fwupdmgr

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

Usage:

fwupdmgr [OPTION?]

activate [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Activate devices

block-firmware [CHECKSUM]

Blocks a specific firmware from being installed

clear-history

Erase all firmware update history

clear-offline

Clears any updates scheduled to be updated offline

clear-results DEVICE-ID|GUID

Clears the results from the last update

disable-remote REMOTE-ID

Disables a given remote

downgrade [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Downgrades the firmware on a device

enable-remote REMOTE-ID

Enables a given remote

get-approved-firmware

Gets the list of approved firmware

get-blocked-firmware

Gets the list of blocked firmware

get-details FILE

Gets details about a firmware file

get-devices

Get all devices that support firmware updates

get-history

Show history of firmware updates

get-plugins

Get all enabled plugins registered with the system

get-releases [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Gets the releases for a device

get-remotes

Gets the configured remotes

get-results DEVICE-ID|GUID

Gets the results from the last update

get-topology

Alias to get-devices

get-updates [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Gets the list of updates for connected hardware

get-upgrades [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Alias to get-updates

install FILE [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Install a firmware file on this hardware

modify-config KEY,VALUE

Modifies a daemon configuration value

modify-remote REMOTE-ID KEY VALUE

Modifies a given remote

refresh [FILE FILE_SIG REMOTE-ID]

Refresh metadata from remote server

reinstall [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Reinstall current firmware on the device

report-history

Share firmware history with the developers

security

Gets the host security attributes

set-approved-firmware CHECKSUM1[,CHECKSUM2][,CHECKSUM3]

Sets the list of approved firmware

switch-branch [DEVICE-ID|GUID] [BRANCH]

Switch the firmware branch on the device

unblock-firmware [CHECKSUM]

Unblocks a specific firmware from being installed

unlock DEVICE-ID|GUID

Unlocks the device for firmware access

update [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Updates all firmware to latest versions available

upgrade [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Alias to update

verify [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Checks cryptographic hash matches firmware

verify-update [DEVICE-ID|GUID]

Update the stored cryptographic hash with current ROM contents

Help Options:

-h, --help

Show help options

Application Options:

-v, --verbose

Show extra debugging information

--version

Show client and daemon versions

--offline

Schedule installation for next reboot when possible

--allow-reinstall

Allow reinstalling existing firmware versions

--allow-older

Allow downgrading firmware versions

--allow-branch-switch

Allow switching firmware branch

--force

Force the action by relaxing some runtime checks

-y, --assume-yes

Answer yes to all questions

--sign

Sign the uploaded data with the client certificate

--no-unreported-check

Do not check for unreported history

--no-metadata-check

Do not check for old metadata

--no-remote-check

Do not check if download remotes should be enabled

--no-reboot-check

Do not check for reboot after update

--no-safety-check

Do not perform device safety checks

--no-history

Do not write to the history database

--show-all

Show all results

--disable-ssl-strict

Ignore SSL strict checks when downloading files

--ipfs

Only use IPFS when downloading files

--filter

Filter with a set of device flags using a ~ prefix to exclude, e.g. 'internal,~needs-reboot'

--ignore-power

Ignore requirement of external power source

This tool allows an administrator to query and control the fwupd daemon, allowing them to perform actions such as installing or downgrading firmware.

A variety of client tools are provided by fwupd. Not all tools are suggested to be scripted.

fwupdmgr is a command line fwupd client intended to be used interactively. The output between versions of fwupd is not guaranteed to be stable. Commands that succesfully execute will return "0". Commands that have no actions but succesfully execute will return "2".

fwupdagent is a command line fwupd client intended to be used by scripts. The output is JSON and guaranteed to be stable. Commands that succesfully execute will return "0".