How to Install and Uninstall jitterentropy-rngd Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: March 11,2025

1. Install "jitterentropy-rngd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install jitterentropy-rngd on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "jitterentropy-rngd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall jitterentropy-rngd on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                jitterentropy-rngd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the jitterentropy-rngd package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: jitterentropy-rngd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.8-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luca Boccassi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 81
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/universe/j/jitterentropy-rngd/jitterentropy-rngd_1.2.8-2_amd64.deb
Size: 21406
MD5sum: 1209c8d6650eac993de4acc2a7e5555d
SHA1: 336fe67b3430eeec0cae903bfcc6b86495ed5d41
SHA256: 1a81153d8f98b77c93eb0443b50b37daa36b2de88eb0cadaf853687d06998ab7
SHA512: d1065b1a3d79f90bed42745f1470d91ddee1ce30862a36d9d6baaac4f5481cf418220523484becab42307d6c48ca54817a93c834f2cb0e981658218f9e85c082
Homepage: https://www.chronox.de/jent.html
Description: Jitter RNG Daemon
Description-md5: ad8d1d389c8a41af520e9b1e0831ce3e