How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "rng-tools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install rng-tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                rng-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "rng-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall rng-tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rng-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rng-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: rng-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5-0ubuntu4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 97
Provides: intel-rng-tools
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), udev (>= 0.053) | makedev (>= 2.3.1-77)
Conflicts: intel-rng-tools
Replaces: intel-rng-tools
Filename: pool/universe/r/rng-tools/rng-tools_5-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 22484
MD5sum: f2d669d94925d93a7afff4d355901265
SHA1: e71c495605a0c1383e0a21daf053c60df18d20ef
SHA256: 1cac849b2d05af458f40ab823599a9682b61d344de135689a9aafca629a38736
Description: Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG
Description-md5: 6da2aca3dd07b55b609d9cf3d5d7cd57