chiark-rwbuffer software package provides readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc., you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install chiark-rwbuffer
chiark-rwbuffer is installed in your system.
Make ensure the chiark-rwbuffer package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep chiark-rwbuffer *
You will get with chiark-rwbuffer package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | chiark-rwbuffer |
| Version | 4.4.2build1 |
| Description | readbuffer/writebuffer: prevents tape drive seesawing, etc. |
| Sub Section | Utils |