Information about the package, rng-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rng-tools package is designed for, Random number generator related utilities.
Package Name:
rng-tools
Summary:
Random number generator related utilities
Description:
Hardware random number generation tools.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5
Release:
2.el6_7
Size:
32 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the rng-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rng-tools
This command will install rng-tools on the server.
yum remove rng-tools
This command will un-install rng-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rng-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rng-tools
This command will un-install rng-tools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rng-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update rng-tools
This command will update rng-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rng-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rng-tools
This command will update rng-tools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rng-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info rng-tools
This command will show you core information about the rng-tools package.
yum deplist rng-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for rng-tools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update rng-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rng-tools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.