How To Install rng-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rng-tools on Kali Linux.

What is rng-tools

rng-tools is:

Most users who wish to use rngd in Debian should use the rng-tools5 package. However, Debian traditionally has shipped a much extended fork with many extra options; this fork is now available as rng-tools-debian with migration provided by this transitional dummy package.

You can safely uninstall this package. Afterwards, you can continue using rng-tools-debian but please consider switching to rng-tools5 if you can, as that is the more modern solution.

There are three methods to install rng-tools 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 rng-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rng-tools

Install rng-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rng-tools

Install rng-tools 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 rng-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rng-tools

How To Uninstall rng-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rng-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rng-tools

Uninstall rng-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rng-tools

Remove rng-tools Configurations and Data

To remove rng-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rng-tools

Remove rng-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rng-tools

Dependencies

rng-tools have the following dependencies:

• mksh
• rng-tools-debian

References

• rng-tools website

Summary

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