How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 29,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

You can also install and uninstall the rng-tools 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 "rng-tools" package

Please follow the steps below to install rng-tools on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall rng-tools on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rng-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rng-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: rng-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 108
Provides: intel-rng-tools
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), udev (>= 0.053) | makedev (>= 2.3.1-77), lsb-base
Conflicts: intel-rng-tools
Replaces: intel-rng-tools
Filename: pool/universe/r/rng-tools/rng-tools_5-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 23752
MD5sum: 24ddbe3145ecd3b6779fbc47f0e3e2ed
SHA1: 8a640530f294c991cfaa50a376d3f9a890304e3d
SHA256: d52c03f8f9bcada114c7a59ec5816a13e7f0b055d2d53a72bffaa14c813d2fec
SHA512: 2184bda0b19be8ce07980e5ff0c6a743680042672670092e6df0c3d1bb10f570502a4d20f3a265676087076835b2ee212e7fa43694817022bb490f59170e2387
Description-en: Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG
The rngd daemon acts as a bridge between a Hardware TRNG (true random number
generator) such as the ones in some Intel/AMD/VIA chipsets, and the kernel's
PRNG (pseudo-random number generator).
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It tests the data received from the TRNG using the FIPS 140-2 (2002-10-10)
tests to verify that it is indeed random, and feeds the random data to the
kernel entropy pool.
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This increases the bandwidth of the /dev/random device, from a source that
does not depend on outside activity. It may also improve the quality
(entropy) of the randomness of /dev/random.
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A TRNG kernel module such as hw_random, or some other source of true
entropy that is accessible as a device or fifo, is required to use this
package.
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This is an unofficial version of rng-tools which has been extensively
modified to add multithreading and a lot of new functionality.
Description-md5: 6da2aca3dd07b55b609d9cf3d5d7cd57