How To Install apport-noui on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install apport-noui on Ubuntu 20.04. apport-noui is tools for automatically reporting Apport crash reports tools for automatically reporting Apport crash reports

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apport-noui on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is apport-noui

apport-noui 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.

Installing this package will configure your system to automatically submit all new Apport crash reports.

Package: apport-noui Architecture: all Version: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Source: apport Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 148 Depends: python3, python3-apport (>= 2.20.11-0ubuntu27), apport (>= 2.20.10-0ubuntu4), procps, gdb-minimal | gdb, whoopsie Filename: pool/universe/a/apport/apport-noui_2.20.11-0ubuntu27_all.deb Size: 1956 MD5sum: f13c14a339425422d2b342c1d85d1d80 SHA1: 6932de91167279f579f3d280c5bf825155f2ea94 SHA256: 678bf395adf1e73602f7894aa81afc4d911e0a72f1c0ef956f7c3a866e1342a6 Homepage: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport Description-en: tools for automatically reporting Apport crash reports 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.

Installing this package will configure your system to automatically submit all new Apport crash reports.

There are three methods to install apport-noui 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-noui 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-noui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apport-noui

Install apport-noui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install apport-noui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install apport-noui

Install apport-noui 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-noui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apport-noui

How To Uninstall apport-noui on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the apport-noui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apport-noui

Uninstall apport-noui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apport-noui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apport-noui

Remove apport-noui Configurations and Data

To remove apport-noui configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apport-noui

Remove apport-noui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apport-noui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apport-noui

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apport-noui package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.