How to Install and Uninstall kdump-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "kdump-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install kdump-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall kdump-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: kdump-tools
Version: 1:1.10.2
Installed-Size: 127
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
Size: 32340
SHA256: f57917931ab76487abf9c49d8c8bd66f9e441563613615da4abfb44f9ec4f995
SHA1: a487e60835b2b1a157b337884857bb523820c6ca
MD5sum: 46509df61b76ea900955f4a23f04bf83
Description: scripts and tools for automating kdump (Linux crash dumps)
kdump-tools provides an init script and a configuration script for
automating the use of kdump. It uses the makedumpfile utility to
reduce the size of the /proc/vmcore file based on user preferences.
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After installing, please see /usr/share/doc/kdump-tools/README.Debian
for information on enabling and configuring kdump.
Description-md5:
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kdump-tools/kdump-tools_1.10.2_amd64.deb