How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

This is a short guide on how to install haveged on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                haveged
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "haveged" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall haveged on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                haveged
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the haveged package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: haveged
Version: 1.9.1-7
Installed-Size: 79
Maintainer: Jérémy Bobbio
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.15), libhavege1 (>= 1.9.0)
Suggests: apparmor
Description: Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm
Description-md5: e29e090ec35dfe759c8580ce04904d0c
Homepage: http://issihosts.com/haveged/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program, scope::utility,
security::cryptography
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/haveged/haveged_1.9.1-7_amd64.deb
Size: 33372
MD5sum: 86ea321cb390cea5308c14b0eea5da5b
SHA256: f3af6ac406c1b9fcfa15502289e27d1c7a4b45e2df0f2c93c415c1ebb6dc9577