How to Install and Uninstall chiark-rwbuffer Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "chiark-rwbuffer" package

Please follow the instructions below to install chiark-rwbuffer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall chiark-rwbuffer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: chiark-rwbuffer
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ian Jackson
Architecture: amd64
Source: chiark-utils
Version: 4.4.2build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/c/chiark-utils/chiark-rwbuffer_4.4.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 8482
MD5sum: c031f06fbaa411e8b73dc797f893da17
SHA1: c246dc8da446c10ac74e659fade589899f26503f
SHA256: 997a2ddcecfb008eda52098510fd0a52a09ff27187a8546a6cf2276266409b89
Description-en: readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc.
readbuffer and writebuffer: programs for reading input from devices,
and writing output to, which don't like constant stopping and
starting, such as tape drives and audio playback devices.
Description-md5: 4f79465741ec8b18804b213a7948ac8d
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu