How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools-debian Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: November 06,2024

1. Install "rng-tools-debian" package

This tutorial shows how to install rng-tools-debian on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall rng-tools-debian on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rng-tools-debian package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: rng-tools-debian
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 124
Provides: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools (= 2.1)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), lsb-base, udev (>= 0.053) | makedev (>= 2.3.1-77)
Conflicts: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools
Replaces: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools
Filename: pool/universe/r/rng-tools-debian/rng-tools-debian_2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 36720
MD5sum: 0c903d736bd7abcf9b81718d4a1f16e1
SHA1: 986a33198ff1cbd209028c1536de1f1e8582ef40
SHA256: f35688aa76a9bbd9fa82308a5891d2521646573bcfb4e70e1802cdcbe5f8fa02
Description: daemon to use a Hardware TRNG (classic version)
Description-md5: 92853c313852972f917ddd479b6d7b05