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Quick installation of apport:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: apport
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install apport
Package Details | |
| Package: | apport |
| Version: | 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13 |
| Maintainer: | Martin Pitt |
| Home page: | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport |
| Description: | automatically generate crash reports for debugging apport automatically collects data from crashed processes and compiles a problem report in /var/crash/. This utilizes the crashdump helper hook provided by the Ubuntu kernel. . This package also provides a command line frontend for browsing and handling the crash reports. For desktops, you should consider installing the GTK+ or Qt user interface (apport-gtk or apport-kde). Homepage: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | utils |
How to install apport on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If apport is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L apport' will give followin error.
Installing apport:
After system update use the following command to install apport:
sudo apt-get install apport
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove apport from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the apport from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the apport following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove apport
Following command is used to remove the apport package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove apport
This will remove apport and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing apport with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge apport
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove apport
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with apport package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
