How To Install ekeyd-egd-linux on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekeyd-egd-linux
on Kali Linux.
What is ekeyd-egd-linux
ekeyd-egd-linux is:
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.
There are three methods to install ekeyd-egd-linux
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ekeyd-egd-linux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ekeyd-egd-linux
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ekeyd-egd-linux
Install ekeyd-egd-linux Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ekeyd-egd-linux
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ekeyd-egd-linux
Install ekeyd-egd-linux Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ekeyd-egd-linux
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ekeyd-egd-linux
How To Uninstall ekeyd-egd-linux on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ekeyd-egd-linux
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ekeyd-egd-linux
Uninstall ekeyd-egd-linux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ekeyd-egd-linux
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ekeyd-egd-linux
Remove ekeyd-egd-linux Configurations and Data
To remove ekeyd-egd-linux
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ekeyd-egd-linux
Remove ekeyd-egd-linux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ekeyd-egd-linux
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ekeyd-egd-linux
Dependencies
ekeyd-egd-linux have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekeyd-egd-linux
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.