How to Install and Uninstall entropybroker Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "entropybroker" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install entropybroker on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                entropybroker
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "entropybroker" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall entropybroker on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                entropybroker
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the entropybroker package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: entropybroker
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9-5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7282
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcrypto++8 (>= 8.3.0), libftdi1, libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgd3 (>= 2.1.0~alpha~), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/e/entropybroker/entropybroker_2.9-5_amd64.deb
Size: 640692
MD5sum: 3907ec39e7d0f752dabd97b2c6146940
SHA1: cb3f5d112944db7c940fbe6ce93af6bc1daca482
SHA256: 79c9dbf6f862f6df69db86b964b3c00dad3835b6ced59085253d4714109ac2ce
SHA512: c4ee9b41ab95d6df9ca9df8df2a9705f9d63d5fdb90f8b361e53fc0dca9c9708d1d9134e9ec1e235fb89780cb25e030e7ade00f09a57c6135383030271571118
Homepage: https://www.vanheusden.com/entropybroker/
Description-en: infrastructure for distributing random numbers (entropy data)
Entropy Broker is an infrastructure for distributing cryptographically secure
random numbers (entropy data) from one or more servers to one or more clients.
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It allows you to distribute entropy data (random values) to /dev/random
devices from other systems (real servers or virtualised systems).
It helps preventing that the /dev/random device gets depleted; an empty
/dev/random-device can cause programs to hang (waiting for entropy data to
become available).
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This is useful for systems that need to generate encryption keys, run VPN
software or run a casino website. Also virtual systems that have no good
sources of entropy like virtual servers (e.g. VMware, XEN and KVM (although
KVM has the virtio_rnd driver)).
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Entropy Broker is an infrastructure consisting of client-daemons that fill
/dev/random and server-daemons that feed the central entropy broker-server.
The server-daemons can gather random values by measuring timer frequency
noise, analysing noise from a unused audio-device, noise from a video source
(webcam, tv-card) and random values from a real hardware RNG (random number
generator).
Description-md5: dbcf181846f2fa507db05cc272025a1c