How To Install apport-kde on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apport-kde on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is apport-kde
apport-kde is:
apport automatically collects data from crashed processes and compiles a problem report in /var/crash/. This utilizes the crashdump helper hook provided by the Ubuntu kernel.
This package provides a KDE frontend for browsing and handling the crash reports. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
Package: apport-kde Architecture: all Version: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Priority: optional Section: universe/kde Source: apport Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 200 Depends: python3, python3-apport (>= 2.20.11-0ubuntu27), python3-pyqt5, apport (>= 0.41), procps, x-terminal-emulator Recommends: kubuntu-notification-helper | lxqt-notificationd, gdb-minimal | gdb Filename: pool/universe/a/apport/apport-kde_2.20.11-0ubuntu27_all.deb Size: 17876 MD5sum: f77dfcb16cdb6996efd9b25e4bf69a3d SHA1: 01021bcbb674440ddd65b68bea49460ae23072e8 SHA256: a0c01db3b34640a09873ef2213b082dab6957b0ba3d83bcb17fe221f95b1dc72 Homepage: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport Description-en: KDE frontend for the apport crash report system apport automatically collects data from crashed processes and compiles a problem report in /var/crash/. This utilizes the crashdump helper hook provided by the Ubuntu kernel.
This package provides a KDE frontend for browsing and handling the crash reports. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
There are three methods to install apport-kde 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 apport-kde Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apport-kde using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apport-kde
Install apport-kde Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apport-kde using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apport-kde
Install apport-kde 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 apport-kde using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apport-kde
How To Uninstall apport-kde on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the apport-kde package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apport-kde
Uninstall apport-kde And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apport-kde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apport-kde
Remove apport-kde Configurations and Data
To remove apport-kde configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apport-kde
Remove apport-kde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apport-kde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apport-kde
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apport-kde package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
