How To Install systemd-coredump 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 systemd-coredump on Ubuntu.

What is systemd-coredump

systemd-coredump is:

This package provides systemd tools for storing and retrieving coredumps:

• systemd-coredump
• coredumpctl

There are three methods to install systemd-coredump 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 systemd-coredump Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install systemd-coredump using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install systemd-coredump

Install systemd-coredump Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install systemd-coredump using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install systemd-coredump

Install systemd-coredump 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 systemd-coredump using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install systemd-coredump

How To Uninstall systemd-coredump on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the systemd-coredump package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove systemd-coredump

Uninstall systemd-coredump And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemd-coredump

Remove systemd-coredump Configurations and Data

To remove systemd-coredump configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge systemd-coredump

Remove systemd-coredump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove systemd-coredump configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemd-coredump

Dependencies

systemd-coredump have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdw1
• libelf1
• systemd
• adduser

References

• systemd-coredump website

Summary

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