How To Install libhavege-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhavege-dev on Debian 10.
What is libhavege-dev
libhavege-dev is:
libhavege is a library that implements the HAVEGE (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion). It provides a random number generator and it’s associated tuning and testing factilities.
More information about HAVEGE is available at http://www.irisa.fr/caps/projects/hipsor/
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libhavege-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhavege-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhavege-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhavege-dev
Install libhavege-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhavege-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhavege-dev
Install libhavege-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libhavege-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhavege-dev
How To Uninstall libhavege-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libhavege-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhavege-dev
Uninstall libhavege-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhavege-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhavege-dev
Remove libhavege-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhavege-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhavege-dev
Remove libhavege-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhavege-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhavege-dev
Dependencies
libhavege-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhavege-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.