How To Install kerneloops-applet on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kerneloops-applet on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kerneloops-applet
kerneloops-applet is:
The kerneloops applet allows the kerneloops crash reporting utility to ask a desktop user for permission before submitting an oops report to the oops.kernel.org website.
There are three methods to install kerneloops-applet 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 kerneloops-applet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kerneloops-applet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kerneloops-applet
Install kerneloops-applet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kerneloops-applet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kerneloops-applet
Install kerneloops-applet 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 kerneloops-applet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kerneloops-applet
How To Uninstall kerneloops-applet on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kerneloops-applet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kerneloops-applet
Uninstall kerneloops-applet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kerneloops-applet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kerneloops-applet
Remove kerneloops-applet Configurations and Data
To remove kerneloops-applet configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kerneloops-applet
Remove kerneloops-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kerneloops-applet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kerneloops-applet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kerneloops-applet package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
