How To Install minicoredumper on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minicoredumper on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is minicoredumper
minicoredumper is:
minicoredumper is a program that handles the creation of core dump files on Linux. It can produce much smaller core dump files by making use of sparse files, compression, and allowing the user to configure what parts of the process memory image should be dumped.
There are three methods to install minicoredumper 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 minicoredumper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minicoredumper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minicoredumper
Install minicoredumper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minicoredumper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minicoredumper
Install minicoredumper 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 minicoredumper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minicoredumper
How To Uninstall minicoredumper on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the minicoredumper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minicoredumper
Uninstall minicoredumper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minicoredumper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minicoredumper
Remove minicoredumper Configurations and Data
To remove minicoredumper configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minicoredumper
Remove minicoredumper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minicoredumper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minicoredumper
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minicoredumper package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.