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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "pollen" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pollen on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall pollen on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pollen
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pollen package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pollen
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 6652
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.20-0ubuntu1
Replaces: anerd-server (<< 3.0)
Provides: anerd-server
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcap2-bin, ent, adduser
Recommends: pollinate, rng-tools
Suggests: apparmor (>= 2.3)
Breaks: anerd-server (<< 3.0)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pollen/pollen_4.20-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1487844
MD5sum: 49712730bf66bbfdb029755958d528ef
SHA1: cba11825626a923776cc58519e6f002cdb4aa713
SHA256: e1e4460cb5c63583b1eb1e37cceace9e79efbaaddbeae9d1ee7450d3ddbdf2fd
Description-en: Entropy-as-a-Service web server
Pollen is an Entropy-as-a-Service web server, providing random seeds.
This can be performed over both cleartext http and encrypted
https TLS connections.
Description-md5: e82e0d796160a300116ea3ec9e3e4bf5
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/pollen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu