How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools-debian Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "rng-tools-debian" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rng-tools-debian on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall rng-tools-debian on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rng-tools-debian
Version: 2.3
Installed-Size: 127
Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools
Provides: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools (= 2.3)
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
Breaks: rng-tools (>= 5migratf), rng-tools (<< 5migrate)
Description: daemon to use a Hardware RNG (classic version)
Description-md5: 79886e724d12d4e9ccd765b7cd54dd0d
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rng-tools-debian/rng-tools-debian_2.3_amd64.deb
Size: 48292
MD5sum: 25bd3f29ceec6b1626cf4567f82ca73d
SHA256: 61b4e5a9098f691010720e3cc1ac112305da5efd1fa65aee693a47cb650c8de2