explain

utility to explain system call errors

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/explain.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install explain
Ubuntu
apt-get install explain
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install explain
Fedora
dnf install explain
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install explain
Raspbian
apt-get install explain
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/explain

explain

utility to explain system call errors

This package provides an explain(1) command to explain Unix and Linux system call errors, after the fact.

libexplain30-dbg

library of syscall-specific strerror replacements - debugging symbols

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.