How to Install and Uninstall kdump-tools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "kdump-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install kdump-tools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kdump-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kdump-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall kdump-tools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kdump-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kdump-tools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: kdump-tools
Source: makedumpfile
Version: 1:1.6.5-1
Installed-Size: 108
Maintainer: Louis Bouchard
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, kexec-tools, makedumpfile, debconf, bsdmainutils, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), file, ucf, linux-base
Recommends: initramfs-tools-core
Description: scripts and tools for automating kdump (Linux crash dumps)
Description-md5: e4c630411cca5f22a32a48bd81b16449
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/makedumpfile/kdump-tools_1.6.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 39572
MD5sum: 5043ce0293e27a7f9da2148568e5bd96
SHA256: 61bc379753c361b9999cb1de5f196ce7c2cc77d6180fce1411072e9096a77767