How to Install and Uninstall jitterentropy-rngd Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the jitterentropy-rngd on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "jitterentropy-rngd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install jitterentropy-rngd on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall jitterentropy-rngd on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 jitterentropy-rngd package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: jitterentropy-rngd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.6-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luca Boccassi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 81
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/universe/j/jitterentropy-rngd/jitterentropy-rngd_1.2.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 21976
MD5sum: eb4ed1c3517ca2186b034a1b917bd04c
SHA1: 599a7d2a5be2093867f7a85e4624d027ce01375e
SHA256: a20840eedb47efa16d960854861aa9fc001c55782b53fcbe6ee78102b458a475
SHA512: 53dacabd4ab5f1b243a167b18f2d09405e68d7d79378d9ce9f8f7f40aeed86c7502d9f9523cf4ec3fc09e3bb1a08fbfc6f2ced9d870e8b71b2d6c0b2bb47d72d
Homepage: https://www.chronox.de/jent.html
Description: Jitter RNG Daemon
Description-md5: ad8d1d389c8a41af520e9b1e0831ce3e