How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install haveged on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 covers the steps necessary to uninstall haveged on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

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: Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm
Description-md5: e29e090ec35dfe759c8580ce04904d0c