How To Install perl-Math-Random-MT on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-Random-MT in Fedora 36. perl-Math-Random-MT is The Mersenne Twister PRNG

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-Random-MT on Fedora 36.

What is `perl-Math-Random-MT`

The Mersenne Twister is a pseudorandom number generator developed by Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura. It is described in their paper at <URL has a very uniform distribution and is good for modelling purposes but do not use it for cryptography.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Math-Random-MT on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Math-Random-MT.

Install perl-Math-Random-MT on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Math-Random-MT using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Math-Random-MT

Install perl-Math-Random-MT on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Math-Random-MT using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Math-Random-MT

How To Uninstall perl-Math-Random-MT on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-Math-Random-MT package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Math-Random-MT

perl-Math-Random-MT Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/eb5616bf08f555fc0649a9251a2c084b31192c
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Math
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Math/Random
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Math/Random/MT.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Math
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Math/Random
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Math/Random/MT
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Math/Random/MT/MT.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-Random-MT
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-Random-MT/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-Random-MT/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Math-Random-MT
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Math-Random-MT/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Math::Random::MT.3pm.gz

References

perl-Math-Random-MT website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-Random-MT on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).