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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "pollinate" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install pollinate on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install pollinate

2. Uninstall "pollinate" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pollinate on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove pollinate $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the pollinate package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pollinate
Architecture: all
Version: 4.33-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 53
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), curl, adduser, bsdutils, vim-common
Filename: pool/main/p/pollinate/pollinate_4.33-0ubuntu1~16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 12844
MD5sum: 384b0f0b5320ea51c8de412544c41702
SHA1: dbb57f80dcf3f0014348e9a3208806ba801a23dd
SHA256: 31e2fdda33891e909a2e722ac943276f9814bad656f2d09ad3df7bca6387b4a8
SHA512: f9c38a64e5526d5444bbf27a1d141819798c12a3762a6eed789dfd64ddb9f9eb38b4c20742a3b497789122670e340dead16cbdc07db36e28a111dba22a1a5e37
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/pollinate
Description-en: seed the pseudo random number generator
This client will connect to one or more Pollen (entropy-as-a-service)
servers over an (optionally) encrypted connection and retrieve a random
seed over HTTP or HTTPS.
This is particularly useful at the first boot of cloud images and in
virtual machines, to seed a system's random number generator at
genesis, and is intended to supplement the /etc/init.d/urandom init script.
It can be used on physical machines, as well, to supplement the seeding
of the psuedo random number generator.
Description-md5: 9803c6ca48c75eab2e765d6fc330bd6b
Task: cloud-image
Supported: 5y

Package: pollinate
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 58
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Architecture: all
Version: 4.15-0ubuntu1
Replaces: anerd (<< 3.0), anerd-client (<< 3.0)
Provides: anerd, anerd-client
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), run-one, curl, adduser
Breaks: anerd (<< 3.0), anerd-client (<< 3.0)
Filename: pool/main/p/pollinate/pollinate_4.15-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 15528
MD5sum: 0bb4813faec53514981bbd50ecda6c43
SHA1: fdd2d1f357b888c032ff8b14f942c172cd2f1afd
SHA256: 6b26183a3150e0179b457f27b874e092252b7e29662f8b93258b7d252d6766e2
Description-en: seed the pseudo random number generator in virtual machines
This client will connect to one or more Pollen (entropy-as-a-service)
servers over an (optionally) encrypted connection and retrieve a random
seed over HTTP or HTTPS.
This is particularly useful at the first boot of cloud images and in
virtual machines, to seed a system's random number generator at
genesis, and is intended to supplement the /etc/init.d/urandom init script.
Description-md5: 619fe025a36281447928274161eebc64
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/pollinate
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: cloud-image