How to Install and Uninstall explain Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "explain" package

Learn how to install explain on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall explain on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                explain
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the explain package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: explain
Source: libexplain
Version: 1.4.D001-8
Installed-Size: 194
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsof, libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.15), libexplain51
Description: utility to explain system call errors
Description-md5: eacebf1de43f9609417d36c3a17b5eb2
Homepage: http://libexplain.sourceforge.net/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libexplain/explain_1.4.D001-8_amd64.deb
Size: 93784
MD5sum: b6c7e2d259a8b8b3dc1f83e02db6a680
SHA256: 67363b87651a26cbbb3407f7aa51f6d844648a57e48e56e42dc75ea0357ba71a