How To Install practrand on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on CentOS 7. practrand is Software package for the Randon number generation & testing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on CentOS 7.

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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install practrand.

Install practrand on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install practrand using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install practrand

Install practrand 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 practrand using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install practrand

How To Uninstall practrand on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove practrand

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.