How to Install and Uninstall haveged Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "haveged" package

This is a short guide on how to install haveged on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: haveged
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 73
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jérémy Bobbio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.1-3
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.15), libhavege1 (>= 1.9.0), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Filename: pool/universe/h/haveged/haveged_1.9.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 28002
MD5sum: ea491c74e5bfdaede6be40dcb6edaf7a
SHA1: 38826a5e646db2c438bbc0fe9c4d325f1a5caf17
SHA256: 9bcc17a64475ad37a5aa2b245a850fde10886190e3511505df50196a229a6424
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
Homepage: http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu