Applying firmware upgrades on linux with fwupd

Sometimes you might need to perform a firmware upgrade of some hardware on your machine (Intel Management Engine, your finger print reader, your ssd disk etc).
This can be performed via fwupdmgr fwupd command:

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fwupdmgr get-devices # Get all devices that support firmware updates
fwupdmgr refresh # Refresh metadata from remote server use --force if you want to refresh again without 3 hours passing
fwupdmgr get-updates # Gets the list of updates for connected hardware
fwupdmgr update # Updates all specified devices to latest firmware version, or all devices if unspecified

Keeping the snippet here for future reference hope it helps somebody.

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