How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install haveged on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall haveged on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: haveged
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.1-6ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jérémy Bobbio
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 77
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.15), libhavege1 (>= 1.9.0)
Suggests: apparmor
Filename: pool/universe/h/haveged/haveged_1.9.1-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 28380
MD5sum: 7c8d5a612fba2483de6cf11c0ce77028
SHA1: b35083424398c020f20df63eff90568d952f4f1d
SHA256: 3526952885ee343a4874a4426fabafd203ee890167ae46a3ca506829250178a7
Homepage: http://issihosts.com/haveged/
Description: Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm
Description-md5: e29e090ec35dfe759c8580ce04904d0c
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop