How to Install haveged software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install haveged software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

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

haveged package basic information:

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


See Also, How to uninstall or remove haveged software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?