How to Install and Uninstall jitterentropy-rngd Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "jitterentropy-rngd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install jitterentropy-rngd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall jitterentropy-rngd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: jitterentropy-rngd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luca Boccassi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 65
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Filename: pool/universe/j/jitterentropy-rngd/jitterentropy-rngd_1.2.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 17508
MD5sum: 08893f1d9176a6476fdbe4a05f5c669c
SHA1: 0334a2921eb70051eb36bab09295c0d7491d1e21
SHA256: eff51f4c05f071fb5a27ed102416502575ab2e8efa138b8c747b44a2bd7822c2
SHA512: 89f4006f07987e3af9795e7e79d9bf9af75e06e744e9dfb1b3fe61edb4b349cf2584cb9ea5ba09b9348d6b80af2417ad9feb4c7a6437b152ab93a03ed7aa685d
Homepage: https://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