Installer package (live environment) request: FWUPD

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Hello, just a quick request.

Not only do I use Linux installers to you know, install Linux, I also often use them as a hardware troubleshooting and disk cleanup tool. Specifically I love how CachyOS loads the entire image to ram at boot time. Often part of hardware troubleshooting for me is doing firmware updates via FWUPD even before installing A os. Many ISOs (live environment) include FWUPD for this purpose, is it possible CachyOS could add it? Thanks and love the work you guys have been doing!

I understand that FWUPD is in the cachy repositories, however I’d also love it pre installed in the cachy live environment for quick troubleshooting! Thanks.

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I have notes claiming, Starting with the July 2025 update, fwupd was added to the standard KDE Plasma and GNOME ISOs.

What DE are you using?

paru -Qi fwupd                                                                                    ─╯
Installed From  : cachyos-extra-v3
Name            : fwupd
Version         : 2.1.2-1.1
Description     : Simple daemon to allow session software to update firmware
Architecture    : x86_64_v3
URL             : https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
Licenses        : LGPL-2.1-or-later
Groups          : None
Provides        : libfwupd.so=3-64
Depends On      : bash  bluez  curl  flashrom  fwupd-efi  glib2  glibc  gnutls  hicolor-icon-theme
                  json-glib  libarchive  libcbor  libdrm  libgcc  libjcat  libmbim  libmm-glib  libmnl
                  libqmi  libusb  libxmlb  passim  polkit  protobuf-c  python  shared-mime-info  sqlite
                  systemd-libs  tpm2-tss  xz  zlib  libarchive.so  libblkid.so=1-64  libcbor.so
                  libcurl.so=4-64  libjson-glib-1.0.so  libmm-glib.so=0-64  libpassim.so=1-64
                  libprotobuf-c.so  libqmi-glib.so=5-64
Optional Deps   : python-dbus: Firmware packaging tools [installed]
                  python-gobject: Firmware packaging tools [installed]
                  udisks2: UEFI firmware upgrade support [installed]
Required By     : None
Optional For    : kinfocenter
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 18.43 MiB
Packager        : CachyOS <admin@cachyos.org>
Build Date      : Sat 25 Apr 2026 12:13:27 AM MDT
Install Date    : Sat 25 Apr 2026 07:48:11 AM MDT
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature
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For as far back as I can remember, the CachyOS isos have only run KDE Plasma.

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Are there multiple ISOs? I just grab “desktop edition” and use the bundled internet installer. That ISO does not have FWUPD in it as of 4/26/2026 (today)

Verified with pkgs txt

Sourceforge PKGS txt Cachy 20260426

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Not for the Desktop Edition, no.

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Did you actually execute this command?

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Output from that command in the live environment:

[liveuser@CachyOS ~]$ paru -Qi fwupd
warning: database file for 'cachyos' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
error: package 'fwupd' was not found
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I haven’t tested this in a live environment, but everything should be there after installation, right?

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The thread title and body is specifically referring to fwupd in the live installer.

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In a live environment, of course!

Sorry, my mistake.

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Added clarifications to help avoid confusion.

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you can just install it into the live environment

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That wouldn’t have been necessary, since I’m certainly the only one who didn’t get it :zany_face:

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Nah. Communication is a two way street and we can always be better. A little clarification never hurts!

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I am aware. That’s what I have done in the past. I’d prefer to have it pre installed though!

17

Oh dear – another blunder. I’m closing the lid now!

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Same here….Ooops