How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "rng-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install rng-tools on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall rng-tools on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                rng-tools
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rng-tools package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package rng-tools:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : rng-tools
Version : 6.16-1.4
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 115.0 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : rng-tools-6.16-1.4.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools
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.