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:

• libc6
• lsb-base

References

• ekeyd-egd-linux website

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.