How to Install and Uninstall explain Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the explain on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "explain" package

Learn how to install explain on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall explain on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: explain
Source: libexplain (1.4.D001-12)
Version: 1.4.D001-12+b1
Installed-Size: 198
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsof, libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.34), libexplain51 (>= 1.4.D001)
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.D001-12+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 94648
MD5sum: d4f754bed2eaedf5e87a1dfe5f8722a8
SHA256: 466bb131df088bb5dd7e69a2ec678d090116af38defa0401ffe94f0ecb042111