Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-addon-vmcore on CentOS 8.
What is abrt-addon-vmcore
This package contains plugin for collecting kernel crash information from vmcore files.
We can use yum or dnf to install abrt-addon-vmcore on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abrt-addon-vmcore.
Install abrt-addon-vmcore on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install abrt-addon-vmcore using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install abrt-addon-vmcore
Install abrt-addon-vmcore on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install abrt-addon-vmcore using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install abrt-addon-vmcore
How To Uninstall abrt-addon-vmcore on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the abrt-addon-vmcore package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove abrt-addon-vmcore
abrt-addon-vmcore Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/abrt/plugins/vmcore.conf
/etc/libreport/events.d/vmcore_event.conf
/etc/libreport/plugins/catalog_vmcore_format.conf
/usr/bin/abrt-action-analyze-vmcore
/usr/bin/abrt-action-check-oops-for-alt-component
/usr/bin/abrt-action-check-oops-for-hw-error
/usr/lib/systemd/catalog/abrt_vmcore.catalog
/usr/lib/systemd/system/abrt-vmcore.service
/usr/sbin/abrt-harvest-vmcore
/usr/share/abrt/conf.d/plugins/vmcore.conf
/usr/share/libreport/events/analyze_VMcore.xml
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-action-analyze-vmcore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-action-check-oops-for-hw-error.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-harvest-vmcore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/abrt-vmcore.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/vmcore_event.conf.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-addon-vmcore on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
