How To Install mcelog on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcelog on Debian 9.
What is mcelog
mcelog is:
The Linux kernel for x86 CPUs no longer decodes and logs recoverable Machine Check Exception (MCE) events to the kernel log on its own.
Instead, the MCE data is kept in a buffer which can be read from userspace via the /dev/mcelog device node.
You need this tool to collect and decode those events; it will log the decoded MCE events to syslog.
This tool supports only Intel processors and AMD processors with model number 16 (K8).
There are three methods to install mcelog on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mcelog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mcelog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcelog
Install mcelog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcelog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcelog
Install mcelog 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mcelog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcelog
How To Uninstall mcelog on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mcelog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcelog
Uninstall mcelog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcelog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcelog
Remove mcelog Configurations and Data
To remove mcelog configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcelog
Remove mcelog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcelog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcelog
Dependencies
mcelog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcelog package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
