How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install haveged on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall haveged on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: haveged
Source: haveged (1.9.14-1)
Version: 1.9.14-1+b2
Installed-Size: 90
Maintainer: Jérémy Bobbio
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.34), libhavege2 (>= 1.9.13)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: apparmor
Size: 37488
SHA256: d29629b4ec33fe01aaea7042148d4bc3086b78f1829797ae1233c462412ebc7e
SHA1: a8ede01556051341143cf7ed972f8deda6032a1f
MD5sum: a7c5072ab3adaaa0fd658a927b1cf496
Description: Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm
haveged is a userspace entropy daemon which is not dependent upon the
standard mechanisms for harvesting randomness for the system entropy
pool. This is important in systems with high entropy needs or limited
user interaction (e.g. headless servers).
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haveged uses HAVEGE (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion)
to maintain a 1M pool of random bytes used to fill /dev/random
whenever the supply of random bits in dev/random falls below the low
water mark of the device.
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More information about HAVEGE is available at
http://www.irisa.fr/caps/projects/hipsor/
Description-md5:
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+b2_amd64.deb