How To Install testu01-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install testu01-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is testu01-data
testu01-data is:
TestU01 is a software library, implemented in the ANSI C language, and offering a collection of utilities for the empirical statistical testing of uniform random number generators.
TestU01 implements several types of random number generators in generic form, as well as many specific generators proposed in the literature or found in widely-used software. It provides general implementations of the classical statistical tests for random number generators, as well as several others proposed in the literature, and some original ones. These tests can be applied to the generators predefined in the library and to user-defined generators. Specific tests suites for either sequences of uniform random numbers in [0,1] or bit sequences are also provided, as well as basic tools for plotting vectors of points produced by generators and more advanced tools for more involved tests and usage.
This package provides the essential TestU01 architecture independent material, namely shared data.
There are three methods to install testu01-data 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 testu01-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install testu01-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install testu01-data
Install testu01-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install testu01-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install testu01-data
Install testu01-data 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 testu01-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install testu01-data
How To Uninstall testu01-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the testu01-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove testu01-data
Uninstall testu01-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall testu01-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove testu01-data
Remove testu01-data Configurations and Data
To remove testu01-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge testu01-data
Remove testu01-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove testu01-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge testu01-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install testu01-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
