How To Install R-rlecuyer on CentOS 8

R-rlecuyer is R interface to RNG with multiple streams

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rlecuyer on CentOS 8.

What is `R-rlecuyer`

Provides an interface to the C implementation of the random number generator with multiple independent streams developed by L’Ecuyer et al (2002). The main purpose of this package is to enable the use of this random number generator in parallel R applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install R-rlecuyer on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-rlecuyer.

Install R-rlecuyer 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 R-rlecuyer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install R-rlecuyer

Install R-rlecuyer 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 R-rlecuyer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install R-rlecuyer

How To Uninstall R-rlecuyer on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the R-rlecuyer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove R-rlecuyer

R-rlecuyer Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/dcfe41fdd425a10d56b971f3e99acc7df57070
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/DESCRIPTION
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/INDEX
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/Meta
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/Meta/features.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/Meta/links.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/Meta/package.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/NAMESPACE
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/R
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/R/rlecuyer
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/R/rlecuyer.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/R/rlecuyer.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/AnIndex
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/aliases.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/paths.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/rlecuyer.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/rlecuyer.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/00Index.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/AdvanceState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/CreateStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/CurrentStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/DeleteStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/GetState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/GetStreams.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/IncreasePrecis.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/R.css
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/ResetNextSubstream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/SetAntithetic.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/SetPackageSeed.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/WriteState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/internal.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/html/uniform.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/libs
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/libs/rlecuyer.so

References

R-rlecuyer website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rlecuyer on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.