Method

FwupdClientinstall_release

deprecated: 1.5.6 since: 1.4.5

Declaration [src]

gboolean
fwupd_client_install_release (
  FwupdClient* self,
  FwupdDevice* device,
  FwupdRelease* release,
  FwupdInstallFlags install_flags,
  GCancellable* cancellable,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Installs a new release on a device, downloading the firmware if required.

Available since: 1.4.5

Deprecated since: 1.5.6

Please do not use it in newly written code.

Parameters

device

Type: FwupdDevice

A device.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

release

Type: FwupdRelease

A release.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

install_flags

Type: FwupdInstallFlags

Install flags, e.g. FWUPD_INSTALL_FLAG_ALLOW_REINSTALL.

cancellable

Type: GCancellable

Optional GCancellable.

The argument can be NULL.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.

If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.

The argument will left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.

In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE for success.