How To Install libexplain51 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexplain51
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libexplain51
libexplain51 is:
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.
There are three methods to install libexplain51
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libexplain51 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libexplain51
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libexplain51
Install libexplain51 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libexplain51
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libexplain51
Install libexplain51 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libexplain51
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libexplain51
How To Uninstall libexplain51 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libexplain51
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libexplain51
Uninstall libexplain51 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libexplain51
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexplain51
Remove libexplain51 Configurations and Data
To remove libexplain51
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libexplain51
Remove libexplain51 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libexplain51
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexplain51
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexplain51
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.