How to Install and Uninstall libexplain-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libexplain-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libexplain-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libexplain-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libexplain-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libexplain-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libexplain-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libexplain-dev package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libexplain-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.D001-10
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libexplain
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 9415
Depends: libexplain51 (= 1.4.D001-10), lsof
Breaks: explain (<< 1.0)
Replaces: explain (<< 1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libexplain/libexplain-dev_1.4.D001-10_amd64.deb
Size: 1124960
MD5sum: 8a724de62f2dd08c13a819050333c70d
SHA1: 6cad0c1416dadefcf58b2e9a5fad5fc4e38e0545
SHA256: be96d573eec824b91d16db151f5e0c9d4ecd82d2513fa3f217965304ad22c6c3
SHA512: ee698930a852eaef3006e275fa6cecd3192d517f30383c351470e3f577e6a46754ae58e888966e9dee9fd01f1b4643aa9348c11d8e6d799e08b06c4362c586d6
Homepage: http://libexplain.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: library of system-call-specific strerror repl - development files
This package provides a library which may be used to explain Unix and Linux
system call errors. The library is not quite a drop-in replacement for
strerror, but it comes close, with each system call having a dedicated
libexplain function.
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: e02d622f2b3b87e1c645a1235c59dfad