How to Install and Uninstall ekeyd-egd-linux Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "ekeyd-egd-linux" package

Please follow the steps below to install ekeyd-egd-linux on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ekeyd-egd-linux
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ekeyd-egd-linux" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ekeyd-egd-linux on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ekeyd-egd-linux
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ekeyd-egd-linux package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ekeyd-egd-linux
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 78
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simtec Electronics
Architecture: amd64
Source: ekeyd
Version: 1.1.5-6.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: ekeyd
Filename: pool/universe/e/ekeyd/ekeyd-egd-linux_1.1.5-6.1_amd64.deb
Size: 13822
MD5sum: 9663eb519a0d7c89a94a5de71e85dbee
SHA1: 0f3adad69d1c00498475990d47325ca10eaab540
SHA256: 438e68ba1a12f922f3056bfc03f8dd7cbb1b0a6d53172e8a8bb1fbaec3ea21a1
Description-en: Transfers entropy from an EGD to the Linux kernel pool
This utility reads from an EGD capable service over TCP and writes
the entropy retrieved to the Linux kernel random pool. Typically
this will be used on clusters or virtual hosts where direct access
to useful entropy is hard.
Description-md5: a816f9f0582534189bb6da5ddeb49ee3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu