How To Install python3-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 python3-apport on Ubuntu.
What is python3-apport
python3-apport is:
This Python package provides high-level functions for creating and handling apport crash reports:
- Query available and new reports.
- Add OS, packaging, and process runtime information to a report.
- Various frontend utility functions.
- Python hook to generate crash reports when Python scripts fail.
There are three methods to install python3-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 python3-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 python3-apport using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-apport
Install python3-apport Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-apport using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-apport
Install python3-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 python3-apport using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-apport
How To Uninstall python3-apport on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-apport package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-apport
Uninstall python3-apport And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-apport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-apport
Remove python3-apport Configurations and Data
To remove python3-apport configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-apport
Remove python3-apport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-apport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-apport
Dependencies
python3-apport have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apport package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.