How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "rng-tools.src" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rng-tools.src on Oracle Linux 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install rng-tools.src

2. Uninstall "rng-tools.src" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall rng-tools.src on Oracle Linux 8:

$ sudo dnf remove rng-tools.src $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the rng-tools.src package on Oracle Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : rng-tools
Version : 6.14
Release : 6.git.b2b7934e.el8_6
Architecture : src
Size : 164 k
Source : None
Repository : ol8_baseos_latest
Summary : Random number generator related utilities
URL : https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools
License : GPLv2+
Description : This is a random number generator daemon and its tools. It monitors
: a set of entropy sources present on a system (like /dev/hwrng, RDRAND,
: TPM, jitter) and supplies entropy from them to a kernel entropy pool.