How To Install abrt on CentOS 8

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
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/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
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/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

abrt website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.