abrt is Automatic bug detection and reporting tool
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt on CentOS 8.
What is abrt
abrt is a tool to help users to detect defects in applications and to create a bug report with all information needed by maintainer to fix it. It uses plugin system to extend its functionality.
We can use yum or dnf to install abrt on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abrt.
Install abrt 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 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install abrt
Install abrt 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 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install abrt
How To Uninstall abrt on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the abrt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove abrt
abrt Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf
/etc/abrt/gpg_keys.conf
/etc/abrt/plugins/xorg.conf
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.problems.daemon.conf
/etc/libreport/events.d/abrt_event.conf
/etc/libreport/events.d/smart_event.conf
/usr/bin/abrt-action-analyze-python
/usr/bin/abrt-action-analyze-xorg
/usr/bin/abrt-action-notify
/usr/bin/abrt-action-save-package-data
/usr/bin/abrt-handle-upload
/usr/bin/abrt-watch-log
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/1180864a08a14751864f074906ee79a48799ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/c1397a8d4f04b5ad6c01d2a8e92fefbe4e6804
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/c7371fff29d2f74180f18e20a814aac4d0ca60
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/4b0f2fba3116e6843727bb5655c1d0a7c17b1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/a400f967564badde5d3ab7de22f36e7fcd7edd
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/d4ad76317a61dc98a0aa1df98fb63f5520b136
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/3d136a536d0a8f9f192b6a91cadbe5189b52e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/a141078eb6961c14514bc348fc11cc071edf06
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/4dc61f7c7e15e0599f3102e75faab10c91fdb0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/abrtd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/abrt.conf
/usr/libexec/abrt-action-save-container-data
/usr/libexec/abrt-action-ureport
/usr/libexec/abrt-handle-event
/usr/sbin/abrt-auto-reporting
/usr/sbin/abrt-server
/usr/sbin/abrtd
/usr/share/abrt/conf.d/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf
/usr/share/abrt/conf.d/gpg_keys.conf
/usr/share/abrt/conf.d/plugins/xorg.conf
/usr/share/doc/abrt
/usr/share/doc/abrt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/abrt/README.md
/usr/share/locale/ach/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/aln/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/bal/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/bo/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/brx/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
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/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ilo/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ks/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
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/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tl/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/wo/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-action-analyze-python.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-action-analyze-xorg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-action-notify.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-action-save-package-data.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-auto-reporting.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-handle-upload.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-server.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/abrt-watch-log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/abrt-xorg.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/abrt_event.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/gpg_keys.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/smart_event.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/abrtd.8.gz
/var/run/abrt
/var/run/abrt/abrt.socket
/var/run/abrt/abrtd.pid
/var/spool/abrt
/var/spool/abrt-upload
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
