How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

Please follow the instructions below to install haveged on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall haveged on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: haveged
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.8-4ubuntu5
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 (>= 2.33), libhavege2 (>= 1.9.0)
Suggests: apparmor
Filename: pool/universe/h/haveged/haveged_1.9.8-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 32152
MD5sum: 019b24e9ed58bf57db96bb167f333b1b
SHA1: 45a215d9c084f09d9216fa1aeef01bff0b74d795
SHA256: 5bcfb6047a8420f39441173c4bd01452a020e8fdedc3f88d8a019899583c244b
SHA512: 9e09ed67a7a3427b50a250817bb5e92db6b554bf0ee9187bd7b80b7ae4c3b4f50f5007f5bf724e86f8af683ce36760a6d4b534867286bf51d760e50987ce4315
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