How To Install randomsound on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install randomsound on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is randomsound
randomsound is:
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.
There are three methods to install randomsound on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install randomsound Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install randomsound using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install randomsound
Install randomsound Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install randomsound using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install randomsound
Install randomsound Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install randomsound using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install randomsound
How To Uninstall randomsound on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the randomsound package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove randomsound
Uninstall randomsound And Its Dependencies
To uninstall randomsound and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove randomsound
Remove randomsound Configurations and Data
To remove randomsound configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge randomsound
Remove randomsound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove randomsound configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge randomsound
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install randomsound package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
