How To Install python-apport on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apport on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-apport
python-apport is:
This Python package provides high-level functions for creating and handling apport crash reports:
- Query available and new reports.
- Add OS, packaging, and process runtime information to a report.
- Various frontend utility functions.
- Python hook to generate crash reports when Python scripts fail.
There are three methods to install python-apport 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 python-apport Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-apport using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-apport
Install python-apport Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-apport using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-apport
Install python-apport 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 python-apport using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-apport
How To Uninstall python-apport on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-apport package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-apport
Uninstall python-apport And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-apport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-apport
Remove python-apport Configurations and Data
To remove python-apport configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-apport
Remove python-apport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-apport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-apport
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apport package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
