How To Install practrand on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand in Fedora 36. practrand is Software package for the Randon number generation & testing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install practrand.

Install practrand 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 practrand using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install practrand

Install practrand 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 practrand using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install practrand

How To Uninstall practrand on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the practrand package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove practrand

practrand Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_benchmark
/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_output
/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_test
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/ad8bd66fc697123498242df91266c75096092e
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/b48510381218bc49d98d0f2c311e097ac5fd06
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/e0e01135196e50ff0ebe5f246ad4945fb93afa
/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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).