How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: March 12,2025

1. Install "haveged" package

Please follow the instructions below to install haveged on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall haveged on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: haveged
Version: 1.9.14-1
Installed-Size: 90
Maintainer: Jérémy Bobbio
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.16), libhavege2 (>= 1.9.13)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: apparmor
Description: Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm
Description-md5: e29e090ec35dfe759c8580ce04904d0c
Homepage: https://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_1.9.14-1_amd64.deb
Size: 39592
MD5sum: 19c9e0ee653bc315c9f81d20093038c8
SHA256: 3f381c8a25a6a84b842b6a48b91404045e8af8cf4b3f67ed74cdebc0f166bc79