How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

This is a short guide on how to install haveged on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall haveged on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: haveged
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.14-1ubuntu1
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 (>= 2.34), libhavege2 (>= 1.9.13)
Suggests: apparmor
Filename: pool/universe/h/haveged/haveged_1.9.14-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 33584
MD5sum: 0f5da03b5de759f9d6023c50b36076e2
SHA1: 9a26f41066c5c1d1b7fcd23f59850ede6ea1b4ea
SHA256: 28665861a7cc539833f69045e8d9f5974ece83d671f5e31de12631f9adbcf74d
SHA512: 699c9ff3baf72595a599ec1c0bc93e9637dfbd0f3749bd032e9233f269d5dfcf7e3ef78aeaa8cbf27347bbb4735183f544a417beba76deb648bd4be646ec0a45
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