How to Install and Uninstall crash Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Last updated: March 13,2025
Notice
You can also install and uninstall the crash on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system
- MX Linux 23
- SparkyLinux
1. Install "crash" package
This tutorial shows how to install crash on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt install
crash
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2. Uninstall "crash" package
This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall crash on Debian 12 (Bookworm):
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sudo apt remove
crash
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sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
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3. Information about the crash package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Package: crash
Version: 8.0.2-1
Installed-Size: 11921
Maintainer: Troy Heber
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libsnappy1v5 (>= 1.1.9), libstdc++6 (>= 12.2.0-9), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), binutils
Suggests: kexec-tools, makedumpfile
Description: kernel debugging utility, allowing gdb like syntax
Description-md5: 62a3af04681a29149ddd988c1db996db
Homepage: https://crash-utility.github.io/
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::debugger, devel::lang:c, devel::library,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::devel-lib,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::logfile,
works-with::software:running
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/crash/crash_8.0.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3902452
MD5sum: 68bd6737f5ba2d6fc0487b518006239a
SHA256: e9cb95b015c485f8f8c8076f9b932bbc7233eda20b93a697e704785666e7d7b5
Version: 8.0.2-1
Installed-Size: 11921
Maintainer: Troy Heber
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libsnappy1v5 (>= 1.1.9), libstdc++6 (>= 12.2.0-9), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), binutils
Suggests: kexec-tools, makedumpfile
Description: kernel debugging utility, allowing gdb like syntax
Description-md5: 62a3af04681a29149ddd988c1db996db
Homepage: https://crash-utility.github.io/
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::debugger, devel::lang:c, devel::library,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::devel-lib,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::logfile,
works-with::software:running
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/crash/crash_8.0.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3902452
MD5sum: 68bd6737f5ba2d6fc0487b518006239a
SHA256: e9cb95b015c485f8f8c8076f9b932bbc7233eda20b93a697e704785666e7d7b5