How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

Please follow the instructions below to install haveged on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: haveged
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.1-6
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jérémy Bobbio
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 73
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.15), libhavege1 (>= 1.9.0), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Suggests: apparmor
Filename: pool/universe/h/haveged/haveged_1.9.1-6_amd64.deb
Size: 28538
MD5sum: 4d3f41860f7a46df8893fa94df557778
SHA1: 3ca1d33d7ebc4ac5f1b2c26954ed234bf1f454bb
SHA256: b243d1bbba5695d54db44c35f5b4b7699331d82e93673ad4e54c4c76a275e45a
Homepage: http://issihosts.com/haveged/
Description: Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm
Description-md5: e29e090ec35dfe759c8580ce04904d0c