How do you install rng tools in Linux using apt-get command?
Here is a tutorial to learn how to install rng tools using apt-get command.
Step 1: Open terminal with su access and enter the command as shown below:
apt-get install rng tools -y
Step 2: After completion, the install command exits and instructs the user to restart the running instances of rng tools if it is running already.
Result of the Command Execution shown below:
root@hiox:~ apt-get install rng tools -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
samba ldb tools x11 apps libusbip0 libmono data tds2.0 cil libsmbclient
libgupnp av 1.0 2 libplist1 libxcb aux0 libxfce4menu 0.1 0 libsm dev
libatk1.0 0 echoping menu libts 0.0 0 syslinux libtalloc2 openssh server
libpackagekit qt 12 libical0 python3 minimal libwpd8c2a libcommons pool java
ruby1.8 dev libcdio10 libgtk2.0 common libopencryptoki0 dnsmasq base
libtwolame0 libmono security2.0 cil libnet ssleay perl libgsf 1 common
libqca2 iputils tracepath xfonts 75dpi libzbar0 libmtp8 rpm2cpio
gedit common xsltproc libgutenprint2 libsilcclient 1.1 3 libxcb atom1
erlang crypto libecj java xserver xorg video all libroot dev libxml sax perl
libxcomposite1 libice dev lp solve libarchive1 xserver xorg video apm
libntfs10 libaiksaurus 1.2 data realpath libpth20 libdigest sha1 perl
xserver xorg video ark fakeroot xserver xorg video ati sensible mda
libxrandr dev authbind libgmime 2.4 2 libv4l 0 libcupsppdc1 ttf dejavu extra
telepathy gabble libhal storage1 libmono system2.0 cil xfonts scalable
libcdio paranoia0 libcompizconfig0 libwebkit 1.0 common squashfs tools
libcupsimage2 gamin libgphoto2 port0 unetbootin translations usbmuxd
libxdamage dev libxml sax expat perl pkg config libxklavier16 libxxf86dga1
libnet dbus perl libxine1 x libcupscgi1 libcaca0 libfile copy recursive perl
libmeanwhile1 libgudev 1.0 0 poppler utils gfortran 4.4 root plugin asimage
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speedy cgi perl libmono sqlite2.0 cil libpthread stubs0 roundcube sqlite
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libbonobo2 common libcupsdriver1 libfile homedir perl libotf0 libatk1.0 data
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squid3 common libxml parser perl link grammar dictionaries en obexd client
x11 utils libmagickcore2 liburi perl sqlite upower libsox fmt base libotr2
libtie ixhash perl xserver xorg video s3virge libots0 desktop file utils
xserver xorg video v4l php net smtp dnsutils libspectre1 x11 xkb utils
libcairo perl xserver xorg video mga libxnee0 comerr dev libsvga1
obex data server libhtml parser perl libparted0debian1
xserver xorg video chips libecal1.2 7 libbeagle1 libmono corlib2.0 cil
libsane libxfixes dev udisks libimobiledevice0 g++ 4.4 odbcinst1debian1
update inetd libqt4 test libvarnish1 icedtea netx transmission cli
libhyphen0 erlang syntax tools xserver xorg core libftgl2 liblouis data
xserver xorg video mach64 libxfconf 0 2 libibus1 ttf dustin
libzend framework php libproxy0 libjpeg progs libpst4 xterm libnspr4 dev
libxcb render util0 dev libboost program options1.40.0 libnm util1 kdelibs5
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libsox fmt alsa libbonobo2 0 libmagickwand2 libvte common aumix common
libsctp1 libfile which perl language pack zh hant base hpijs
xserver xorg video trident docbook xml libgupnp 1.0 3 libgmp3 dev php mdb2
libexo common nvidia current modaliases cups client logrotate squid common
x11proto xinerama dev libgl1 mesa glx mobile broadband provider info
libncurses5 dev xserver xorg video sis libpcap0.8 libx86 1 libfont afm perl
abiword common x11proto render dev oxygen icon theme libpisock9 libxi dev
xmms2 plugin pulse libx11 protocol perl php5 sqlite m4 java common
dosfstools libgdata google1.2 1 libmono i18n west2.0 cil xauth librpmio0
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scala library libxml namespacesupport perl libedata cal1.2 6
libxnconfig9.0.5 wireshark common libpixman 1 dev libnspr4 0d libsqlite0
libslp1 libucl1 php net socket whois trousers libdotconf1.0
xserver xorg video siliconmotion libtimedate perl xdg user dirs
default jre headless libcairo2 libstartup notification0 libtpm unseal0
openoffice.org style human libgoffice 0.8 8 common
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libkrb5 dev xfce keyboard shortcuts libmono posix2.0 cil
libcouchdb glib 1.0 2 odbcinst znc tcl g++ mono runtime libvisual 0.4 0
telepathy salut libsigc++ 2.0 0c2a xserver xorg video savage
libfile desktopentry perl mtools libcwidget3 pidgin data libcanberra0
intltool debian libproc simple perl openjdk 6 jre lib libsdl1.2debian alsa
tcl8.4 dev libvde0 libhttp server simple perl libthai data python3.1 dcraw
libnss3 dev libgadu3 xorg docs core x11proto kb dev x11proto randr dev
libwavpack1 libqt4 opengl libsoup gnome2.4 1 libpsiconv6 libxinerama dev
libcap2 bin xserver xorg video tdfx network manager pptp pptp linux
libgtkhtml editor common gcc 4.4 avahi utils x11 session utils m17n db
cpu checker libglitz glx1 php mail mime compizconfig backend gconf
libreadline6 dev freetds common transmission common libglibmm 2.4 1c2a
libgssrpc4 libxosd2 libobparser21 libgamin0 libcommons collections java
libpcrecpp0 snort common apache2 libdirectfb 1.2 0 erlang runtime tools
libhtml tree perl procmail libsvn1 openjdk 6 jre headless xtrans dev
libindicate4 libakonadiprivate1 libdevkit power gobject1
gstreamer0.10 gnonlin libx264 85 libxcb event1 xserver xorg video intel
libmcrypt4 samba common librecode0 libffi5 libiec61883 0 libelf1 libforms1
libvlc2 libxres1 xserver xorg input all libmailtools perl libcairomm 1.0 1
libgdata common root plugin gl liblink grammar4 libgnome mag2 gettext
libqt4 help php pear xbitmaps x11proto input dev samba4 common bin
xmms2 plugin id3v2 libgp11 0 libgee2 cfortran libgnome2 gconf perl
cups common uno libs3 xserver xorg video vmware samba doc libpixman 1 0
libsdl1.2debian libexempi3 libhpmud0 x11proto fixes dev libxml simple perl
libijs 0.35 xserver xorg video r128 xubuntu wallpapers aumix libcups2
libwww mechanize perl gcc libgdu0 gdb libsilc 1.1 2 libhal1 cvs
linux headers 2.6.32 74 xfonts base hal xserver xorg input evdev
libdbusmenu glib1 libtomcat6 java libxinerama1 libgoocanvas common
binfmt support libesd0 sendmail cf liblouis0 libept0
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libmono system data2.0 cil libtirpc1 oss compat iputils arping
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libgconfmm 2.6 1c2 openssh client libreadline5 libgdome2 0 sudo
x11 xfs utils libsmi2ldbl libupnp3 libxft2 speech dispatcher sendmail base
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libsnmp session perl libxt dev libconfig grammar perl kdepimlibs data
libfile basedir perl libcroco3 modemmanager tzdata java apport symptoms
libevent 1.4 2 gconf defaults service libxext dev libpulse mainloop glib0
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erlang mnesia libgsf 1 114 libgtop2 common libaa1 libopenobex1 rdesktop
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libxcb keysyms1 linux headers generic erlang public key manpages
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xserver xorg mono 2.0 gac libdjvulibre21 libxine1 console zlib1g dev
lesstif2 xserver xorg video nv libvorbisfile3 xfonts 100dpi libspeechd2
esound common xserver xorg video voodoo xserver xorg video fbdev
module assistant xserver xorg input wacom lxmenu data xmms2 plugin alsa
im switch libxpm dev ppp libxfce4util common libservlet2.5 java libglib perl
xdg utils xinit libzzip 0 13 libjs cropper squid langpack libfreetype6 dev
libshout3 xserver xorg video nouveau libdv4 libdvdnav4 libhtml format perl
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librpmbuild0 xfce4 power manager data libxmmsclient6 thunar data libfs6
libdvdread4 ssh libgdata6 xserver xorg video neomagic fglrx modaliases
libtotem plparser17 libgs8 nvidia 96 modaliases php5 mcrypt tcl8.4 tcl8.5
libqt4 assistant ure pinyin database sendmail bin libplasma3
xserver xorg input mouse erlang inets libgtop2 7 xmms2 core squid ntfsprogs
libkadm5clnt mit7 libvisual 0.4 plugins ttf dejavu libxine1 misc plugins
python3 ttf arphic bsmi00lp libusbmuxd1 libm17n 0 libdecoration0
liblircclient0 kdepimlibs5 libgnomeui common xz utils libxfce4util4
libxxf86misc1 m17n contrib libroot5.18 libgupnp igd 1.0 2 libgnome keyring0
libsocket6 perl psutils libsidplay1 kdelibs bin usbutils smartdimmer
libxvmc1 language pack zh hans base gnome desktop data opencryptoki
python3.1 minimal libkadm5srv mit7 libc ares2 libc6 dev libldb0 apparmor
libtorrent11 libupower glib1 libpackagekit glib2 12 tk8.4 tk8.5 liblua5.1 0
libanthy0 libxcomposite dev libtag1c2a libcamel1.2 14 tomcat6 common
libgmpxx4ldbl libwnck common libxcb render0 dev app install data
libxrender dev xmms2 plugin vorbis libxfce4util bin libxmmsclient glib1
sgml data media player info libmad0 libdb4.7 libxml xpath perl xorg
libfile mimeinfo perl ttf arphic gbsn00lp fortunes min libgfortran3
bsd mailx xfonts mathml python support libgpgme11 libart 2.0 2
evolution data server common php auth protobuf compiler pmount libid3tag0
gstreamer0.10 tools libpcre3 dev ca certificates java html2text
libopencore amrnb0 libcdio cdda0 imagemagick roundcube core
libhtml tagset perl vlc data libzephyr4 xserver xorg video sisusb erlang ssl
libgraphite3 libgvfscommon0 libmusicbrainz4c2a php mdb2 driver sqlite
libx11 dev libwpg 0.1 1 libaiksaurus 1.2 0c2a oinkmaster libtar libkdb5 4
hal info libqt3 mt miscfiles libxdamage1 libprelude2 x11proto composite dev
linux libc dev libdesktopcouch glib 1.0 2 openoffice.org common patch
manpages dev xvfb samba common bin libgnome menu2 language pack zh hans
language pack zh hant libwww perl libxmlrpc c3 xserver xorg video tseng
xserver xorg video radeon common lisp controller libxcb render0 vzquota
libebackend1.2 0 xfconf krb5 multidev scrollkeeper info dvd+rw tools
libexif12 libqt4 scripttools libglu1 mesa libdjvulibre text libpaper utils
libavahi gobject0 libsox1a libcupsmime1 libc dev bin libnet libidn perl
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libxcb shape0 libgssglue1 libvala0 tinymce xserver xorg video cirrus
gstreamer0.10 nice libmail sendmail perl cl asdf libbonoboui2 common
libloudmouth1 0 libssh 4 libjs jquery perlmagick libxcb shm0 libvlccore2
binutils kdebase runtime data min12xxw libevtlog0 libxv1 znc extra
libio socket ssl perl libjson glib 1.0 0 libxmlrpc core c3
nvidia 173 modaliases p7zip full mscompress openjdk 6 jre libossp uuid16
php mail mimedecode libprotoc5 libsys hostname long perl libmpcdec3
libpam gnome keyring libgdata1.2 1 libxcb render util0 libopencore amrwb0
openbsd inetd bcmwl modaliases xmms2 icon libnet1 libnss3 1d
gstreamer0.10 plugins base x11proto core dev xmms2 client cli keyutils
adium theme ubuntu xserver xorg input synaptics libxml twig perl
libdigest hmac perl libgssdp 1.0 2 root system common xmms2 client nycli
regina3 dvb apps libxine1 bin libxdmcp dev xserver xorg video rendition
libpthread stubs0 dev libsysfs dev libxcursor dev libmpeg2 4
libedataserver1.2 11 libxkbfile1 libgnomecanvas2 common
xserver xorg video i128 libpaper1 telepathy mission control 5 xpdf common
notify osd icons libjs mootools libxine1 ffmpeg libpisync1 libvdeplug2
erlang base libsort naturally perl libsoup2.4 1 libio socket inet6 perl
libstdc++6 4.4 dev libgphoto2 2 wdiff libebook1.2 9 libgdome2 cpp smart0c2a
libgtksourceview2.0 common libtag1 vanilla libxine1 libaudiofile0 libsmpeg0
libreadline dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
rng tools
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 209kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://old releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe rng tools 2 unofficial mt.12 1ubuntu3 [45.7kB]
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Unpacking rng tools (from .../rng tools_2 unofficial mt.12 1ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man db ...
Setting up rng tools (2 unofficial mt.12 1ubuntu3) ...
Trying to create /dev/hwrng device inode...
Starting Hardware RNG entropy gatherer daemon: (failed).
invoke rc.d: initscript rng tools, action "start" failed.
root@hiox:~