haveged software package provides Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install haveged
haveged is installed in your system.
Make ensure the haveged package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep haveged *
You will get with haveged package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | haveged |
| Version | 1.9.1-3 |
| Description | Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm |
| Sub Section | Misc |