How To Install abrt on Fedora 34

abrt is Automatic bug detection and reporting tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt on Fedora 34.

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abrt.

Install abrt on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

To uninstall only the abrt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove abrt

abrt Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf
/etc/abrt/abrt.conf
/etc/abrt/gpg_keys.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/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/b09fa5aa90b11c3516a438682530c56cd74f6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/6bc64ef63f5641d4f8a88b6658d0976b1d0d6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/ae0ce1a07a681db50fd4adbba51676f741b0b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/f392d76701fbbeb76327f928f1f09c3d3f21d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/9c90881c8dceea892804b672b77e907302d350
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/1b27a944b7c0cfbfad179455e26a36364c7b27
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/166e42c5720ce4594211a28dca9ae0697380c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/e9c0cdac0b66c641cb64a27c7479f888b4c0f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/cc63980c9e5c16a0a9cd938ae1964076e86b59
/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/doc/abrt
/usr/share/doc/abrt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/abrt/README.md
/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/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/bs/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/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/fur/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/hu/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/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/lt/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/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/ru/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/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/tr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/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/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.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
/etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf
/etc/abrt/abrt.conf
/etc/abrt/gpg_keys.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/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/7846cec2f8b6dfb77e48cda004b362971be9e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/9d60e63f95619f04114012ea13f2c48e243794
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/969cad5fbf8c8dd02541af04ec5726fd2542aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/df47bfcb839a2a0838c9b7918f556c41de019b
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/b720e33810c1543717b71424086ab5bba257e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/a80185bb3af10d50c51f26d8c71f05b4273c96
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/2a687c21368222f5dc2121448e56fc3e0b600b
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/4d082b90a6f6faf825e2a0580dc188ff247673
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/145267217423f24b11672b11bc52f7c3f4c6e8
/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/doc/abrt
/usr/share/doc/abrt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/abrt/README.md
/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/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/bs/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/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/fur/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/hu/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/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/lt/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/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/ru/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/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/tr/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/abrt.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/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/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.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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.