Information about the package, audio-entropyd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The audio-entropyd package is designed for, Generate entropy from audio output.
Package Name:
audio-entropyd
Summary:
Generate entropy from audio output
Description:
Audio-entropyd generates entropy-data for the /dev/random device.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the audio-entropyd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install audio-entropyd
This command will install audio-entropyd on the server.
yum remove audio-entropyd
This command will un-install audio-entropyd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove audio-entropyd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove audio-entropyd
This command will un-install audio-entropyd 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 audio-entropyd when using the -y flag.
yum update audio-entropyd
This command will update audio-entropyd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove audio-entropyd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update audio-entropyd
This command will update audio-entropyd 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 audio-entropyd when using the -y flag.
yum info audio-entropyd
This command will show you core information about the audio-entropyd package.
yum deplist audio-entropyd
This command will show you the dependencies for audio-entropyd. 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 audio-entropyd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on audio-entropyd. 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.