How to Install and Uninstall chiark-rwbuffer Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "chiark-rwbuffer" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install chiark-rwbuffer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                chiark-rwbuffer
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "chiark-rwbuffer" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall chiark-rwbuffer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                chiark-rwbuffer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the chiark-rwbuffer package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: chiark-rwbuffer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.0.2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Source: chiark-utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ian Jackson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 46
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/c/chiark-utils/chiark-rwbuffer_5.0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 8710
MD5sum: fc84c5c4024e5e886f4d2fa5e69ebd74
SHA1: fe6c0df1d2746f202b1b502472327ce91f6bd6c2
SHA256: e730bcab506039384facae7c955ad5ceb7b80da52a94cbfdcc4c9922a78698f1
Description: readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc.
Description-md5: 4f79465741ec8b18804b213a7948ac8d