How To Install ekeyd on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekeyd on Ubuntu.
What is ekeyd
ekeyd is:
This is a driver for the Simtec Electronics Entropy Key. It is only needed if you have such a device (or devices). It provides a daemon and tools to drive and control it, as well as options for injecting entropy directly into the kernel’s pool, or serving it via the EGD protocol.
There are three methods to install ekeyd on Ubuntu. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ekeyd
Install ekeyd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ekeyd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ekeyd
Install ekeyd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ekeyd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ekeyd
How To Uninstall ekeyd on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ekeyd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ekeyd
Uninstall ekeyd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ekeyd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ekeyd
Remove ekeyd Configurations and Data
To remove ekeyd configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ekeyd
Remove ekeyd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ekeyd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ekeyd
Dependencies
ekeyd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekeyd package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.