How To Install apport on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install apport on Ubuntu 20.04. apport is automatically generate crash reports for debugging automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apport on Ubuntu 20.04.

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).
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Package: apport
Architecture: all
Version: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 776
Provides: core-dump-handler
Depends: python3, python3-apport (>= 2.20.11-0ubuntu27), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), python3-gi, gir1.2-glib-2.0 (>= 1.29.17)
Recommends: apport-symptoms, python3-systemd
Suggests: apport-gtk | apport-kde, policykit-1
Conflicts: core-dump-handler
Breaks: python-apport (« 2.2-0ubuntu1)
Replaces: core-dump-handler, python-apport (« 2.2-0ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/a/apport/apport_2.20.11-0ubuntu27_all.deb
Size: 128052
MD5sum: 928878985b4ba22b16c0732a42e05bce
SHA1: 1a7a2d8502985889d9a1dc5154829bc3efd43848
SHA256: 612dd8cdbd977cfbf82ec4766721b5d3b5c9362c56c488f7c2c1b3e49c6f50f9
Homepage: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport
Description-en: automatically generate crash reports for debugging
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.

There are three methods to install apport on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apport package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.