How to Install and Uninstall explain Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "explain" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install explain on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall explain on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: explain
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 202
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: libexplain
Version: 1.4.D001-2
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.15), libexplain51, lsof
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libexplain/explain_1.4.D001-2_amd64.deb
Size: 49134
MD5sum: ba7cc8ecdf588e7a77618f6bee61aea4
SHA1: e278e033c2baf9d33e0242b63606aee6d93784c7
SHA256: ee190a56391c6cbafc622f60ac4495804cd93d7ee360a8eea2ae14da74baeaee
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
Homepage: http://libexplain.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu