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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "rng-tools-debian" package

This tutorial shows how to install rng-tools-debian on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall rng-tools-debian on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: rng-tools-debian
Version: 2-unofficial-mt.14-3
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools
Provides: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools (= 2-unofficial-mt.14-3)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), lsb-base, udev (>= 0.053) | makedev (>= 2.3.1-77)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Conflicts: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools
Description: daemon to use a Hardware TRNG (classic version)
Description-md5: 92853c313852972f917ddd479b6d7b05
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rng-tools-debian/rng-tools-debian_2-unofficial-mt.14-3_amd64.deb
Size: 45264
MD5sum: aea3fb32044be114b5778dfc4d5a186a
SHA256: 8c36eee53b38a2a565621d6a47e3c00734df2cb49ac173633bbc1f4341efc1c2