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

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "randomsound" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall randomsound on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: randomsound
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 104
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Gran
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), alsa-utils
Filename: pool/universe/r/randomsound/randomsound_0.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 11126
MD5sum: 1a75d47946f138f797b16e83e786b509
SHA1: c45266d7a3f28d8b28a212d60ea4337696b8cbec
SHA256: 0e76e6755fcd947ba369ea8b0dbc9521d30fa6c2a1f7e6979c758827e9dda378
Description-en: ALSA sound card related entropy gathering daemon
Using the low order bit of the ADC output of your sound card,
randomsound gathers entropy, debiases it and offers it up to your
kernel's random pool.
Description-md5: b19b7173c2d5ee546040139b48e961d4
Homepage: http://www.digital-scurf.org/software/randomsound
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu