How To Install explain on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install explain on Debian 10.
What is explain
explain is:
This package provides an explain(1) command to explain Unix and Linux system call errors, after the fact.
There are three methods to install explain on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install explain Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install explain using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install explain
Install explain Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install explain using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install explain
Install explain Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install explain using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install explain
How To Uninstall explain on Debian 10
To uninstall only the explain package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove explain
Uninstall explain And Its Dependencies
To uninstall explain and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove explain
Remove explain Configurations and Data
To remove explain configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge explain
Remove explain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove explain configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge explain
Dependencies
explain have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install explain package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.