How To Install python3-apport on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apport on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-apport is Python 3 library for Apport crash report handling Python 3 library for Apport crash report handling

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apport on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python3-apport

python3-apport is:

This Python package provides high-level functions for creating and handling apport crash reports:

  • Query available and new reports.
  • Add OS, packaging, and process runtime information to a report.
  • Various frontend utility functions.
  • Python hook to generate crash reports when Python scripts fail. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: python3-apport Architecture: all Version: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Priority: optional Section: python Source: apport Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 575 Depends: python3:any (>= 3.0~), python3-apt (>= 0.7.9), python3-httplib2, python3-problem-report (>= 0.94), python3-requests-unixsocket, lsb-release, python3-launchpadlib Recommends: apport Filename: pool/main/a/apport/python3-apport_2.20.11-0ubuntu27_all.deb Size: 83628 MD5sum: d9b679e90658a45a6225d775bfb2e430 SHA1: 8117d623d82965fa147e9c4eb456846c811390df SHA256: 81d5ec8ad2fb9b4eb5249e76a79114c00bb789927e5cd14261bd147bbced95e2 Homepage: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport Description-en: Python 3 library for Apport crash report handling This Python package provides high-level functions for creating and handling apport crash reports:

  • Query available and new reports.
  • Add OS, packaging, and process runtime information to a report.
  • Various frontend utility functions.
  • Python hook to generate crash reports when Python scripts fail. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install python3-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 python3-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 python3-apport using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-apport

Install python3-apport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-apport using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-apport

Install python3-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 python3-apport using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-apport

How To Uninstall python3-apport on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the python3-apport package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-apport

Uninstall python3-apport And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-apport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-apport

Remove python3-apport Configurations and Data

To remove python3-apport configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-apport

Remove python3-apport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-apport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-apport

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apport package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.