How to Install and Uninstall ent Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "ent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall ent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ent package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ent
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 61
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2debian-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/e/ent/ent_1.2debian-1_amd64.deb
Size: 13030
MD5sum: e8c702094e53661a435ad61537a646d2
SHA1: 24a8d1a7ddb410e350177dbcfd61cf0f2d91daa8
SHA256: 99ac7c6ade4213a40d5f37bf5e5f9c9885287014ec45e6ee212896dd353907fb
Description-en: pseudorandom number sequence test program
This program applies various tests to sequences of bytes stored in
files and reports the results of those tests. The program is useful
for those evaluating pseudorandom number generators for encryption and
statistical sampling applications, compression algorithms, and other
applications where the information density of a file is of interest.
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Original Homepage: http://www.fourmilab.ch/random/
(Now maintained primarily in Debian.)
Description-md5: ee7ab52dbfd2e0415762ea1e5778dee1
Homepage: http://www.fourmilab.ch/random/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu