How To Install libmath-random-isaac-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmath-random-isaac-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmath-random-isaac-perl
libmath-random-isaac-perl is:
Math::Random::ISAAC implements the ISAAC (Indirection, Shift, Accumulate, Add and Count) pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) algorithm described on the project page at: URL:http://burtleburtle.net/bob/rand/isaac.html
As with other algorithms like the Mersenne Twister (see Math::Random::MT), this algorithm is designed to take some seed information and produce seemingly random results as output.
The results are uniformly distributed, unbiased, and unpredictable unless you know the seed. The algorithm was published by Bob Jenkins in the late 1990s and despite the best efforts of many security researchers, no feasible attacks have been found to date.
For comparison with other algorithms intended to generate random data, the Mersenne Twister has a period of 2^19937-1, the related TT800 has a period of 2^800-1 values. ISAAC has a period of 2^8295 values on average.
There are three methods to install libmath-random-isaac-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmath-random-isaac-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmath-random-isaac-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmath-random-isaac-perl
Install libmath-random-isaac-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmath-random-isaac-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmath-random-isaac-perl
Install libmath-random-isaac-perl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmath-random-isaac-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmath-random-isaac-perl
How To Uninstall libmath-random-isaac-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmath-random-isaac-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmath-random-isaac-perl
Uninstall libmath-random-isaac-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmath-random-isaac-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmath-random-isaac-perl
Remove libmath-random-isaac-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmath-random-isaac-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmath-random-isaac-perl
Remove libmath-random-isaac-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmath-random-isaac-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmath-random-isaac-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmath-random-isaac-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
