How To Install abrt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt on Rocky Linux 8. abrt is Automatic bug detection and reporting tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abrt.

Install abrt on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install abrt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install abrt

Install abrt on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove abrt

abrt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 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/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/45db242b1974e3208bd9caef70f36a30b2d756
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/30d2cde39486a095298493ca2caedc08284671
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/0a778909df37436062c9f68c0c390339f21b31
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/5a993f669441175abf19b7a54d93f601411e8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/50cedd9b6d3dfcebd9a94663cf31ed5aae0889
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/2fe0604939310f816398e5b45c11b5a227b47b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/68ee281fd1dfa36e21b9229ab74b8576e78fd6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/2feb7ae9008c0ea52fe2a998f153a413da3d6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/525489b88bb98911334e199322a5cf63ee5dcf
/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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.