How To Install cockpit-sosreport on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-sosreport on Ubuntu 22.04. cockpit-sosreport is Cockpit user interface for diagnostic reports

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-sosreport on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cockpit-sosreport

cockpit-sosreport is:

The Cockpit component for creating diagnostic reports with the sosreport tool.

There are three methods to install cockpit-sosreport on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cockpit-sosreport Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-sosreport using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-sosreport

Install cockpit-sosreport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cockpit-sosreport

Install cockpit-sosreport 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 cockpit-sosreport using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-sosreport

How To Uninstall cockpit-sosreport on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cockpit-sosreport package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cockpit-sosreport

Uninstall cockpit-sosreport And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cockpit-sosreport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-sosreport

Remove cockpit-sosreport Configurations and Data

To remove cockpit-sosreport configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-sosreport

Remove cockpit-sosreport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-sosreport

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-sosreport package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.