How to Install and Uninstall node-pseudorandombytes Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "node-pseudorandombytes" package

Please follow the steps below to install node-pseudorandombytes on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                node-pseudorandombytes
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "node-pseudorandombytes" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall node-pseudorandombytes on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                node-pseudorandombytes
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the node-pseudorandombytes package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: node-pseudorandombytes
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.0-1.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 21
Depends: nodejs, node-create-hash (>= 1.1.2), node-create-hmac (>= 1.1.4), node-randombytes (>= 2.0.0)
Filename: pool/universe/n/node-pseudorandombytes/node-pseudorandombytes_2.0.0-1.1_all.deb
Size: 4608
MD5sum: 07fea1d983e35d7e03d8279e5adaef8c
SHA1: b04e86bb4d4cf88961b0d3a38d83efba0b2dfdd1
SHA256: 42bd941f962c7ac9f7069be3de9fc850bcef88b4710da14cdb9c1b6e2d4c96d7
SHA512: b7615f4de5a8da35f1eb4a272ef3be76d5255e6de2fd346a4fa811192f3346bb17e44e55ccaa0f24993481644cb62e31a0c4b576d03ffa22c076f7423e257e11
Homepage: https://github.com/crypto-browserify/pseudorandombytes#readme
Description-en: crypto.pseudoRandomBytes but for use with browserify
In node it just returns crypto.pseudoRandomBytes but in the browser it uses
randombytes module if available else it seeds a prng based on chacha20poly1305
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To be clear there is no legitimate reason for you ever to want to use this.
The algorithms used in this module are **NOT** suitable for cryptographical
usage.
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This package is provided **ONLY** to run tests of node-crypto-browserify.
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Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
Description-md5: 50d2d05eb97b88c9dd5680aabdf51f31