How To Install wyhash-doc on CentOS 8

wyhash-doc is Documentation for wyhash

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wyhash-doc on CentOS 8.

What is wyhash-doc

No hash function is perfect, but some are useful. wyhash and wyrand are the ideal 64-bit hash function and PRNG respectively solid portable fastest simplest

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

Install wyhash-doc 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 wyhash-doc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wyhash-doc

Install wyhash-doc 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 wyhash-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wyhash-doc

How To Uninstall wyhash-doc on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the wyhash-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wyhash-doc

wyhash-doc Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/wyhash-doc
/usr/share/doc/wyhash-doc/README.md
/usr/share/doc/wyhash-doc/wyhash.docx
/usr/share/licenses/wyhash-doc
/usr/share/licenses/wyhash-doc/LICENSE

References

Summary

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