How to Install kdump-tools in Ubuntu 18.04



Install kdump-tools by entering the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install kdump-tools

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. . After installing, please see /usr/share/doc/kdump-tools/README.Debian for information on enabling and configuring kdump.

Version: 1:1.6.3-2

Section: devel