How To Install minicoredumper-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minicoredumper-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is minicoredumper-utils
minicoredumper-utils is:
The minicoredumper project provides tools for working with applications based on libminicoredumper. These include a tool to inject data into core files and a tool to trigger dumps for running applications.
There are three methods to install minicoredumper-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minicoredumper-utils
Install minicoredumper-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minicoredumper-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minicoredumper-utils
Install minicoredumper-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minicoredumper-utils
How To Uninstall minicoredumper-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the minicoredumper-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minicoredumper-utils
Uninstall minicoredumper-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minicoredumper-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minicoredumper-utils
Remove minicoredumper-utils Configurations and Data
To remove minicoredumper-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minicoredumper-utils
Remove minicoredumper-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minicoredumper-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minicoredumper-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minicoredumper-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
