How To Install practrand on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on CentOS 8.
What is practrand
Software package for the Random number generation & testing. A suite of statistical tests for fast PRNGs. Multithreaded for speed, command-line tools for automation, no upper limit on data size. A variety of C++ pseudo-random number generators with well-designed interfaces aimed at practical uses, not just research. Features * A convenient & powerful interface to RNG algorithms * A variety of fast high quality RNG algorithms * Fast & effective statistical tests for RNGs
We can use yum or dnf to install practrand on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install practrand.
Install practrand on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install practrand using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install practrand
Install practrand on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install practrand using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install practrand
How To Uninstall practrand on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the practrand package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove practrand
practrand Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_benchmark
/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_output
/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_test
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/8aabdd0ce0fa99a08dd4eaf1e2e93f2692cf48
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/593755541ee6264ca26a94d26a5e88b08265c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/dd443a685f8d1e9298c6801fe742fd4a0d65f2
/usr/share/doc/practrand
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/PractRand.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_engines.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_entropy_pools.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_interface_variations.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_multithreading.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_parallel.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_speed.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_usage.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_batteries.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_engines.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_overview.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_performance.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_results.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_usage.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/index.html
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/installation.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/portability.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/practrand-RNG_test.examples
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/to_do.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/tools.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/versions.txt
/usr/share/licenses/practrand
/usr/share/licenses/practrand/license.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/practrand-RNG_benchmark.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/practrand-RNG_output.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/practrand-RNG_test.1.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
