How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools5 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the rng-tools5 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rng-tools5" package

Please follow the instructions below to install rng-tools5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "rng-tools5" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall rng-tools5 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-tools5 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rng-tools5
Version: 5-4.1
Installed-Size: 87
Maintainer: Michael Stone
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0)
Conflicts: rng-tools
Description: Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG
Description-md5: 53bdd8d47cb06608cb9b3f3a21f5a0d5
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rng-tools5/rng-tools5_5-4.1_amd64.deb
Size: 21736
MD5sum: 6d07906f4cedbdfb086c1f1a20f31ebc
SHA256: 2723840e3bedf449401fed6727c51711fc55f9b5b940f6990c87c3bf9a8a60e8