How to Install and Uninstall kdump-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the kdump-tools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kdump-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install kdump-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall kdump-tools 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 kdump-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: kdump-tools
Version: 1:1.8.1
Installed-Size: 116
Maintainer: Debian Kdump
Architecture: amd64
Depends: bsdextrautils | bsdmainutils, busybox | busybox-static, debconf, file, linux-base, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), ucf, kexec-tools, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: initramfs-tools-core, makedumpfile
Description: scripts and tools for automating kdump (Linux crash dumps)
Description-md5: e4c630411cca5f22a32a48bd81b16449
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kdump-tools/kdump-tools_1.8.1_amd64.deb
Size: 28616
MD5sum: 7d60b68429999594ffc8a2be36db8920
SHA256: 6e15a12b57bbc2bc3ec86a5371bfefdc387642f025ec6d55a1ee88cc565461cc