How To Install randomsound on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install randomsound on Kali Linux. randomsound is ALSA sound card related entropy gathering daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install randomsound on Kali Linux.

What is randomsound

randomsound is:

Using the low order bit of the ADC output of your sound card, randomsound gathers entropy, debiases it and offers it up to your kernel’s random pool.

There are three methods to install randomsound 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 randomsound Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install randomsound using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install randomsound

Install randomsound Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install randomsound using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install randomsound

Install randomsound 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 randomsound using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install randomsound

How To Uninstall randomsound on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the randomsound package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove randomsound

Uninstall randomsound And Its Dependencies

To uninstall randomsound and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove randomsound

Remove randomsound Configurations and Data

To remove randomsound configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge randomsound

Remove randomsound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove randomsound configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge randomsound

Dependencies

randomsound have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install randomsound package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.