How to Install and Uninstall makedumpfile Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "makedumpfile" package

This is a short guide on how to install makedumpfile on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                makedumpfile
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "makedumpfile" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall makedumpfile on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                makedumpfile
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the makedumpfile package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: makedumpfile
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.6.9-1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Kdump
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 462
Depends: perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.33), libdw1 (>= 0.143), libelf1 (>= 0.142), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Recommends: crash, kexec-tools
Replaces: kdump-tools (<< 1.3.4-1~)
Filename: pool/main/m/makedumpfile/makedumpfile_1.6.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 178980
MD5sum: 66eeca408e00f04a140cf43c30a56a47
SHA1: 3771eb9ca243a0694e0f303136f1ca5f3e502250
SHA256: d5201704cd72227f1914a2f8bca789a239749ff9d5f74bcb196cfcc974cfdaaf
SHA512: 6355179c86f9ac18dba9624374e40135669b4a66d6a282312d7f679f075e303a504f4816163ac57781ea32577b6c9be5005d80cd84fdac3bf5488155024eaac3
Homepage: https://github.com/makedumpfile/makedumpfile
Description-en: VMcore extraction tool
This program is used to extract a subset of the memory available either
via /dev/mem or /proc/vmcore (for crashdumps). It is used to get memory
images without extra unneeded information (zero pages, userspace programs,
etc).
Description-md5: 9efd4ca21c7d30a2f285e5d82375fce1