How To Install kde-config-whoopsie 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 kde-config-whoopsie on Ubuntu.

What is `kde-config-whoopsie`

kde-config-whoopsie is:

KConfig module for configuration of Whoopsie, the automatic error reporting system from Canonical used in Ubuntu flavours.

There are three methods to install kde-config-whoopsie 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 kde-config-whoopsie Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-config-whoopsie using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde-config-whoopsie

Install kde-config-whoopsie Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-config-whoopsie using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde-config-whoopsie

Install kde-config-whoopsie 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 kde-config-whoopsie using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-config-whoopsie

How To Uninstall kde-config-whoopsie on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the kde-config-whoopsie package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-config-whoopsie

Uninstall kde-config-whoopsie And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kde-config-whoopsie and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-config-whoopsie

Remove kde-config-whoopsie Configurations and Data

To remove kde-config-whoopsie configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-config-whoopsie

Remove kde-config-whoopsie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kde-config-whoopsie configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-config-whoopsie

Dependencies

kde-config-whoopsie have the following dependencies:

References

kde-config-whoopsie website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-config-whoopsie package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.