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explain


Information about the package, explain, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The explain package is designed for, Explains system call error reports.


Package Name:

explain

Summary:

Explains system call error reports

Description:

The explain command is used to decode an error return read from an strace(1) listing, or similar. Because this is being deciphered in a different process than the original, the results will be less accurate than if the program itself were to use libexplain(3).

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.52.D002

Release:

1.el6

Size:

59 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for explain


Control the explain package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install explain

This command will install explain on the server.

yum remove explain

This command will un-install explain on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove explain, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove explain

This command will un-install explain on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove explain when using the -y flag.

yum update explain

This command will update explain to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove explain, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update explain

This command will update explain to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove explain when using the -y flag.

yum info explain

This command will show you core information about the explain package.

yum deplist explain

This command will show you the dependencies for explain. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update explain

This command will check if there is an update waiting on explain. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.