How to Install and Uninstall kdump-tools Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "kdump-tools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install kdump-tools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                kdump-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kdump-tools package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: kdump-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.6.9ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Kdump
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 132
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: bsdextrautils | bsdmainutils, busybox | busybox-static, debconf, file, linux-base, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), ucf, kexec-tools (>= 1:2.0.10-2), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: initramfs-tools-core, makedumpfile
Filename: pool/main/k/kdump-tools/kdump-tools_1.6.9ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 28092
MD5sum: 5ae15fc80c20e6be8f91269a2885ec0e
SHA1: 6a42c6350d0641d5ed9d1b2c7b42175ab62d4b8f
SHA256: b3e8ae69b41a6668601988413104ed22722313f900b9842835a03fdf4712e337
SHA512: b763f4c1004486bc5e535883a0421698d7d957c8497e963c9b612e8e993702ff0907c017b99aa323e6cc57525141eee46746e207197a7e812fed1e816ea7ce78
Description-en: 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: e4c630411cca5f22a32a48bd81b16449