How to Install ekeyd software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install ekeyd software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

ekeyd software package provides Simtec Electronics UDEKEY01 Entropy Key Daemon, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ekeyd 

ekeyd is installed in your system.

Make ensure the ekeyd package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ekeyd *

You will get with ekeyd package name, version, architecture and description in a table

ekeyd package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package ekeyd
Version 1.1.5-6.1
Description Simtec Electronics UDEKEY01 Entropy Key Daemon
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove ekeyd software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?