How to Install and Uninstall ekeyd-egd-linux Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ekeyd-egd-linux" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ekeyd-egd-linux on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ekeyd-egd-linux
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ekeyd-egd-linux" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ekeyd-egd-linux on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ekeyd-egd-linux
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ekeyd-egd-linux package on Kali Linux

Package: ekeyd-egd-linux
Source: ekeyd (1.1.5-6.3)
Version: 1.1.5-6.3+b1
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Simtec Electronics
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), lsb-base
Suggests: ekeyd
Size: 15308
SHA256: ba91601733514cc5e10001236de0e752ab12f6cdc749f70a6ae3847804572e5c
SHA1: de657ac701882f1220ce2617479babfd4de1015e
MD5sum: 1704281e2c07b931b15afdca46e0f87d
Description: Transfers entropy from an EGD to the Linux kernel pool
This utility reads from an EGD capable service over TCP and writes
the entropy retrieved to the Linux kernel random pool. Typically
this will be used on clusters or virtual hosts where direct access
to useful entropy is hard.
Description-md5:
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/ekeyd/ekeyd-egd-linux_1.1.5-6.3+b1_amd64.deb