How To Install R-rlecuyer on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rlecuyer on CentOS 7.
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 7. 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 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install R-rlecuyer using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install R-rlecuyer
Install R-rlecuyer on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install R-rlecuyer using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install R-rlecuyer
How To Uninstall R-rlecuyer on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the R-rlecuyer package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove R-rlecuyer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rlecuyer on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.