How To Install perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto on CentOS 7. perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto is Auto-seeded Mersenne Twister PRNGs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto

The Mersenne Twister is a fast pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) that is capable of providing large volumes (> 10^6004) of “high quality” pseudo-random data to applications that may exhaust available “truly” random data sources or system-provided PRNGs such as rand.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto.

Install perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

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

Install perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto 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 perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto using dnf by running the following command:

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

How To Uninstall perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-Random-MT-Auto on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.