How to Install and Uninstall explain Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "explain" package

Please follow the instructions below to install explain on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall explain on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the explain package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: explain
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.D001-12
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 (>= 2.34), libexplain51 (>= 1.4.D001)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libexplain/explain_1.4.D001-12_amd64.deb
Size: 54652
MD5sum: d83fcad246cae1016a31106cfd0d594d
SHA1: dbeb5c59825ccd3d2d694d12c0022a6f8e155061
SHA256: dfd621212752e3829970c1c12934a2515b874c386e34caf4692fa1c0a005ee3e
SHA512: d35fad4c6df4c4ab3f7c504ad65105fba9f7113f223089275d222536a2b634cb1dcbfc0e5cb7eedc42e0e54f94af034927155366ff775a57a29e025d9f28cdf1
Homepage: http://libexplain.sourceforge.net/
Description: utility to explain system call errors
Description-md5: eacebf1de43f9609417d36c3a17b5eb2