How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install haveged on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: haveged
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.8-4ubuntu3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jérémy Bobbio
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 92
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.15), libhavege2 (>= 1.9.0)
Suggests: apparmor
Filename: pool/universe/h/haveged/haveged_1.9.8-4ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 32120
MD5sum: 18b7186ae70c9916e0a91b2c37d34508
SHA1: 39e6810f19b2491effba08c06ab1759a37a5df3c
SHA256: b4b21d65789a5fcbb6ce988fb53b679b47048ef698759aa9265cad18ddcbf347
SHA512: 68aa0973c75a1e349fdb53239373ffb879a65389233a8c75bf704c0c91346e4f65d66815b0a554fa3310a4e77ca24d0ccf9ec1ec1ac2c963778257d1232231cb
Homepage: https://issihosts.com/haveged/
Description-en: 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: e29e090ec35dfe759c8580ce04904d0c
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop