How to Install and Uninstall mcelog Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 01,2024

1. Install "mcelog" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mcelog on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall mcelog on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mcelog
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mcelog package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mcelog
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 167
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andrey Rahmatullin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 128+dfsg-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, udev
Filename: pool/universe/m/mcelog/mcelog_128+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 58456
MD5sum: f1bd46a77909c5721261823fa810a230
SHA1: bbd5a2c2fe3a76b034f7c3be4914d5e84260febb
SHA256: 780dc3b7656abd98eb189586a04430c5fdc3ad049a4bb7fe6f498f52b510e9a6
Description-en: x86 Machine Check Exceptions collector and decoder
The Linux kernel for x86 CPUs no longer decodes and logs recoverable
Machine Check Exception (MCE) events to the kernel log on its own.
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Instead, the MCE data is kept in a buffer which can be read from userspace
via the /dev/mcelog device node.
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You need this tool to collect and decode those events; it will log the decoded
MCE events to syslog.
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This tool supports only Intel processors and AMD processors with model number
16 (K8).
Description-md5: 0bcac98931a2a00da917655771283de6
Homepage: http://mcelog.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu