How to prevent ubuntu update firmware?

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Currently, I am using Alienware 17 R4 running ubuntu 18.04. In the past, I used to meet someone who broke his Alienware's motherboard by updating its firmware. By now, I still could not know the secured way to disable firmware updates whenever I run an update and upgrade command? any suggestion? thanks

I'm not quite sure what you're after (language has me a little confused; "other broken the alienware"?? but apt-mark hold can be used to place a hold on packages if absolutely necessary (can create issues down the road if forgotten it's there, or cause security concerns by using unpatched...) — guiverc, Feb 03 '20 at 02:09
Does this answer your question? How to prevent updating of a specific package? — karel, Feb 03 '20 at 03:29
@karel I am not sure which package that updates the firmware laptop. — laughing, Feb 03 '20 at 08:25
@karel so is there any other package that prevents not to update the bios, esp motherboard firmware? because that guy broke his motherboard caused by updating the os. I scared — laughing, Feb 03 '20 at 08:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '20 at 19:22

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You can remove fwupd to disabe this feature with: sudo apt remove fwupd

answered Jun 06 '20 at 19:22

Alexander Ponomarchuk

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How to prevent ubuntu update firmware?

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