How To Install systemd-coredump on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-coredump on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is systemd-coredump
systemd-coredump is:
This package provides systemd tools for storing and retrieving coredumps:
- systemd-coredump
- coredumpctl
Package: systemd-coredump Architecture: amd64 Version: 245.4-4ubuntu3 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: systemd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 291 Provides: core-dump-handler Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdw1 (>= 0.158), libelf1 (>= 0.131), systemd (= 245.4-4ubuntu3), adduser Conflicts: core-dump-handler Replaces: core-dump-handler Filename: pool/universe/s/systemd/systemd-coredump_245.4-4ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 43468 MD5sum: 7ceb5967716828fcf2cb191611112bb5 SHA1: 053fd56bd9c4b6a091d4a28396f113f0593f9324 SHA256: 0c8b498be9933d3163c7f9f9d45155ec0765da8ed2d4714acc4e53dbd6bf9c58 Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd Description-en: tools for storing and retrieving coredumps This package provides systemd tools for storing and retrieving coredumps:
- systemd-coredump
- coredumpctl
There are three methods to install systemd-coredump 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 systemd-coredump Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-coredump using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systemd-coredump
Install systemd-coredump Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-coredump using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systemd-coredump
Install systemd-coredump 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 systemd-coredump using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systemd-coredump
How To Uninstall systemd-coredump on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the systemd-coredump package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systemd-coredump
Uninstall systemd-coredump And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systemd-coredump and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemd-coredump
Remove systemd-coredump Configurations and Data
To remove systemd-coredump configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systemd-coredump
Remove systemd-coredump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systemd-coredump configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemd-coredump
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-coredump package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
