How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "rng-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install rng-tools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                rng-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "rng-tools" package

Learn how to uninstall rng-tools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rng-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rng-tools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: rng-tools
Source: rng-tools (2-unofficial-mt.14-1)
Version: 2-unofficial-mt.14-1+b2
Installed-Size: 121
Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: intel-rng-tools
Provides: intel-rng-tools
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), udev (>= 0.053) | makedev (>= 2.3.1-77)
Conflicts: intel-rng-tools
Description: Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG
Description-md5: 6da2aca3dd07b55b609d9cf3d5d7cd57
Tag: interface::daemon, network::server, role::program
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rng-tools/rng-tools_2-unofficial-mt.14-1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 43126
MD5sum: 849dfe671af4e9e5b01632c55e82cca3
SHA256: 04bbb4ab7737f5d1c7932fec7e8ce5b181c28467134cadce500229439f4ee38b