How to Install and Uninstall chaosread Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "chaosread" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install chaosread on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                chaosread
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "chaosread" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall chaosread on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                chaosread
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the chaosread package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: chaosread
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Keith Packard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 29
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.16)
Filename: pool/universe/c/chaosread/chaosread_1.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 7008
MD5sum: 42a9b8c0cd89fc36538f7d02161aa577
SHA1: 17c9ff5308808c744c0c11702a0c41545c2b4e1f
SHA256: 02b59989ce8de577918be7d1ec8e5fe16ff830acc7187f80b2ba6347b825e4fb
SHA512: 4836004288871f919f6c64576a836da62cf9c208514ec666d409676a3e2872582f8861c377032b90f5a87dc6a992f59a2c203e3865740410386fb0010df495ef
Homepage: http://chaoskey.org
Description-en: Directly read ChaosKey noise source
ChaosKey provides a whitened source which the kernel driver uses as
the source of random numbers. It also provides access to the raw
noise source as a separate USB endpoint. ChaosRead provides access to
that raw endpoint.
Description-md5: 650c4623a74ba49b8ca560222f08fe0b