How To Install whoopsie on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install whoopsie on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is whoopsie
whoopsie is:
This program submits crash reports back to an Ubuntu server.
There are three methods to install whoopsie 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 whoopsie Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install whoopsie using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install whoopsie
Install whoopsie Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install whoopsie using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install whoopsie
Install whoopsie 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 whoopsie using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install whoopsie
How To Uninstall whoopsie on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the whoopsie package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove whoopsie
Uninstall whoopsie And Its Dependencies
To uninstall whoopsie and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove whoopsie
Remove whoopsie Configurations and Data
To remove whoopsie configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge whoopsie
Remove whoopsie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove whoopsie configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge whoopsie
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whoopsie package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
