How To Install apport on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apport on Ubuntu.
What is apport
apport is:
apport automatically collects data from crashed processes and compiles a problem report in /var/crash/. This utilizes the crashdump helper hook provided by the Ubuntu kernel.
This package also provides a command line frontend for browsing and handling the crash reports. For desktops, you should consider installing the GTK+ or Qt user interface (apport-gtk or apport-kde).
There are three methods to install apport on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apport Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apport using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apport
Install apport Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apport using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apport
Install apport Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install apport using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apport
How To Uninstall apport on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the apport package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apport
Uninstall apport And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apport
Remove apport Configurations and Data
To remove apport configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apport
Remove apport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apport
Dependencies
apport have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apport package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.