How to Install and Uninstall golang-ed25519-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "golang-ed25519-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install golang-ed25519-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install golang-ed25519-dev

2. Uninstall "golang-ed25519-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall golang-ed25519-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove golang-ed25519-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the golang-ed25519-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: golang-ed25519-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 271
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anonymity Tools Debian Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 0~20140907.d2b94fd-2
Filename: pool/universe/g/golang-ed25519-dev/golang-ed25519-dev_0~20140907.d2b94fd-2_all.deb
Size: 98848
MD5sum: daf4583df2001e8864c51d8823969199
SHA1: a6ba32f2248e24c0f233bc410b8a8316820fe46a
SHA256: f82bde026b6c422f8d1aa5217f6d3a6ddf630945fb85d6e28a60c64fadc3b37a
Description-en: Go implementation of the Ed25519 signature algorithm
Ed25519 is a public-key signature system based on elliptic-curve
cryptography, carefully engineered at several levels of design and
implementation to achieve very high speeds without compromising security.
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This package contains the source of a Go implementation.
Description-md5: 4a994cc3d175f34cdee566c627c388d6
Homepage: https://github.com/agl/ed25519
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu