How To Install practrand on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install practrand.
Install practrand 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 practrand using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install practrand
Install practrand 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 practrand using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install practrand
How To Uninstall practrand on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the practrand package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove practrand
practrand Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_benchmark
/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_output
/usr/bin/practrand-RNG_test
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/8aabdd0ce0fa99a08dd4eaf1e2e93f2692cf48
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/593755541ee6264ca26a94d26a5e88b08265c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/dd443a685f8d1e9298c6801fe742fd4a0d65f2
/usr/share/doc/practrand
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/PractRand.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_engines.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_entropy_pools.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_interface_variations.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_multithreading.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_parallel.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_speed.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/RNG_usage.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_batteries.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_engines.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_overview.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_performance.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_results.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/Tests_usage.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/index.html
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/installation.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/portability.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/practrand-RNG_test.examples
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/to_do.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/tools.txt
/usr/share/doc/practrand/doc/versions.txt
/usr/share/licenses/practrand
/usr/share/licenses/practrand/license.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/practrand-RNG_benchmark.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/practrand-RNG_output.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/practrand-RNG_test.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install practrand on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.