How To Install R-rlecuyer on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rlecuyer on Rocky Linux 8. R-rlecuyer is R interface to RNG with multiple streams

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rlecuyer on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove R-rlecuyer

R-rlecuyer Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/00062f54ff4b9d6b0641bdccb73399d7418823
/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/.lec.AdvanceState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.CreateStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.CurrentStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.CurrentStreamEnd.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.DeleteStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.GetState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.GetStreams.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.IncreasedPrecis.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.ResetNextSubstream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.ResetStartStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.ResetStartSubstream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.SetAntithetic.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.SetPackageSeed.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.SetSeed.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.StreamExists.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.WriteState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.WriteStateFull.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.exit.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.init.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.uniform.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/.lec.uniform.int.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/AdvanceState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/AnIndex
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/CreateStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/CurrentStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/DeleteStream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/GetState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/GetStreams.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/IncreasePrecis.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/ResetNextSubstream.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/SetAntithetic.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/SetPackageSeed.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/WriteState.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/aliases.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/rlecuyer/help/internal.html
/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/help/uniform.html
/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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.