How To Install apport-symptoms on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apport-symptoms on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is apport-symptoms
apport-symptoms is:
Apport intercepts program crashes, collects debugging information about the crash and the operating system environment, and sends it to bug trackers in a standardized form. It also offers the user to report a bug about a package, with again collecting as much information about it as possible.
This package extends Apport by some “symptom” scripts, so that bug reporters do not have to guess the correct package, but report problems based on symptoms that they have (like “sound problem”), through an interactive process.
There are three methods to install apport-symptoms 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 apport-symptoms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apport-symptoms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apport-symptoms
Install apport-symptoms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apport-symptoms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apport-symptoms
Install apport-symptoms 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 apport-symptoms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apport-symptoms
How To Uninstall apport-symptoms on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the apport-symptoms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apport-symptoms
Uninstall apport-symptoms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apport-symptoms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apport-symptoms
Remove apport-symptoms Configurations and Data
To remove apport-symptoms configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apport-symptoms
Remove apport-symptoms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apport-symptoms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apport-symptoms
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apport-symptoms package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
