How to Install and Uninstall randombytes Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "randombytes" package

Please follow the steps below to install randombytes on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall randombytes on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                randombytes
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the randombytes package on Kali Linux

Package: randombytes
Source: librandombytes
Version: 0~20230919-4
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: Jan Mojžíš
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), librandombytes1 (>= 0~20230919)
Size: 6840
SHA256: 0d06befb5b1763cfbc631c432003c718dc4c6f3043233d3725e6b0b1bac1acd9
SHA1: 7c1c3d99a4570c62d3013c18455c8fa008c53418
MD5sum: dbbc855842c953e5d1dfae63ccd66e38
Description: Library generating fresh randomness - command-line tool
librandombytes is a public-domain library providing a simple API for
applications generating fresh randomness: include ,
call randombytes(x, xbytes) whenever desired to generate fresh random bytes
x[0], x[1], ..., x[xbytes-1], and link with -lrandombytes.
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Random bytes are often used directly in applications. Random bytes are also
the foundation of more complicated random objects, such as random integers
in a limited interval, random floating-point numbers from a (nearly) normal
distribution, and random keys used in public-key cryptosystems. librandombytes
is dedicated to obtaining fresh random bytes in the first place, and leaves
it to higher-level libraries to convert those bytes into other types of random
objects.
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librandombytes aims for the following stringent randomness goal: no feasible
computation will ever be able to tell the difference between the output bytes
and true randomness (independent uniformly distributed random bytes). This
makes the randombytes() output suitable for use in applications ranging from
simulations to cryptography.
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Command line tool "randombytes-info".
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://randombytes.cr.yp.to/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libr/librandombytes/randombytes_0~20230919-4_amd64.deb