How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools Package on openSUSE Leap

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "rng-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install rng-tools on openSUSE Leap


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                rng-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "rng-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall rng-tools on openSUSE Leap:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                rng-tools
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rng-tools package on openSUSE Leap

Information for package rng-tools:
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Repository : Main Repository
Name : rng-tools
Version : 5-bp155.2.12
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 42.2 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : rng-tools-5-bp155.2.12.src
Upstream URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/
Summary : Support daemon for hardware random device
Description :
This daemon feeds data from a random number generator to the kernel's
random number entropy pool, after first checking the data to
ensure that it is properly random.