How to Install and Uninstall crash Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

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
            
                        
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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
            
                        
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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