How To Install kdump-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdump-tools on Debian 9.
What is kdump-tools
kdump-tools is:
kdump-tools provides an init script and a configuration script for automating the use of kdump. It uses the makedumpfile utility to reduce the size of the /proc/vmcore file based on user preferences.
After installing, please see /usr/share/doc/kdump-tools/README.Debian for information on enabling and configuring kdump.
There are three methods to install kdump-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kdump-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdump-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdump-tools
Install kdump-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdump-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdump-tools
Install kdump-tools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kdump-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdump-tools
How To Uninstall kdump-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kdump-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdump-tools
Uninstall kdump-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdump-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdump-tools
Remove kdump-tools Configurations and Data
To remove kdump-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdump-tools
Remove kdump-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdump-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdump-tools
Dependencies
kdump-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdump-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.