How to Install and Uninstall libsprng2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "libsprng2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libsprng2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsprng2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsprng2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libsprng2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsprng2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsprng2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsprng2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 152
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel
Architecture: amd64
Source: sprng
Version: 2.0a-9
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgmp10
Filename: pool/universe/s/sprng/libsprng2_2.0a-9_amd64.deb
Size: 76310
MD5sum: c48d72eb17283ad39f3250904ab6a44f
SHA1: 83f0177e6db2bc6b25d46f42efb9623e0596c826
SHA256: 50eac3c5b5624f11d135770d365470b94b792c2449da36fac12798bf83b8e168
Description-en: SPRNG Scalable Parallel RNG library -- library package
The SPRNG (Scalable Parallel Random Number Generator) library provides
several RNGs that are suitable for use in parallel computing.
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URL: http://sprng.cs.fsu.edu
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This package provides the shared libraries needed to execute programs
built with SPRNG.
Description-md5: 11d3fc20f81a74689bbdb69b37ad9811
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu