How to Install and Uninstall explain Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "explain" package

This tutorial shows how to install explain on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: explain
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.D001-11ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: libexplain
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 197
Depends: lsof, libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.33), libexplain51 (>= 1.4.D001)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libexplain/explain_1.4.D001-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 50208
MD5sum: 1c0103445639932091c35286f82b3931
SHA1: cd818dcbd70070233ca70e7e1bd7f9ed0c55d0b4
SHA256: a77d798e1bf0a1c327b1b23d4320f88e5f5dffb3084f4823221da3c85747569d
SHA512: bbdbaa6f915f806f54b83b3c87dece00c060deb3b9e65180c9d284895a3354d4f7f1945a3a4cb993e5e57d1304c821a038fa993060228d772c1a35134ced3a12
Homepage: http://libexplain.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: utility to explain system call errors
This package provides an explain(1) command to explain Unix and Linux system
call errors, after the fact.
Description-md5: eacebf1de43f9609417d36c3a17b5eb2