How to Install and Uninstall jitterentropy-rngd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "jitterentropy-rngd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install jitterentropy-rngd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall jitterentropy-rngd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: jitterentropy-rngd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luca Boccassi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 62
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Filename: pool/universe/j/jitterentropy-rngd/jitterentropy-rngd_1.1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 14076
MD5sum: 77d3e3503a1542ee1695386064e49623
SHA1: c35c2cdcf1a7450ef3e2b9e84e6554027fc5be13
SHA256: 216cf2a796403a6d56af924eeba4785d90fd4f865cd59d4951798be40ed33cb2
SHA512: d1ae117fc4ee92dd071a2866671cf8956455ed242207b31a2ec926ed098cac1ecabc30a2537e9461112275260bfd5f8fc3df5c31c2864c19ab2d570ac6f54b71
Homepage: http://www.chronox.de/jent.html
Description-en: Jitter RNG Daemon
Using the Jitter RNG core, the rngd provides an entropy source that
feeds into the Linux /dev/random device if its entropy runs low. It
updates the /dev/random entropy estimator such that the newly provided
entropy unblocks /dev/random.
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The seeding of /dev/random also ensures that /dev/urandom benefits from
entropy. Especially during boot time, when the entropy of Linux is low,
the Jitter RNGd provides a source of sufficient entropy.
Description-md5: ad8d1d389c8a41af520e9b1e0831ce3e