How to generate entropy in few easy steps

You will possibly need this for a PGP key.. So how to generate entropy through a secure shell connection in an easy way?

You don`t have to smash the keyboard or move the mouse and stuff...

Install haveged, a simple entropy deamon.

apt-get install haveged

then type in -w with your bits:

haveged -w 4096

Now you can re-start your PGP-key entropy gatherer in order to finish quickly, right after it's done, you might consider removing haveged as i did.

apt-get remove haveged

Easy eh?