How to Install and Uninstall ekeyd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the ekeyd on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ekeyd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ekeyd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ekeyd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ekeyd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ekeyd package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ekeyd
Version: 1.1.5-6.2
Installed-Size: 222
Maintainer: Simtec Electronics
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), liblua5.1-0, lsb-base, lua5.1, lua-socket
Recommends: udev
Suggests: munin-node
Description: Simtec Electronics UDEKEY01 Entropy Key Daemon
Description-md5: 041db2486d2cbdf6014a9e35e3c3a370
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/ekeyd/ekeyd_1.1.5-6.2_amd64.deb
Size: 74496
MD5sum: 792eccede2906812f181f922db13d562
SHA256: f350734a5c91d115f662a5e5b6bd575cf5f4f6dc566542aea079788716e8bd62