Information about the package, R-rlecuyer, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The R-rlecuyer package is designed for, R interface to RNG with multiple streams.
Package Name:
R-rlecuyer
Summary:
R interface to RNG with multiple streams
Description:
Provides an interface to the C implementation of the random number generator with multiple independent streams developed by L'Ecuyer et al (2002). The main purpose of this package is to enable the use of this random number generator in parallel R applications.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.3.3
Release:
10.el6
Size:
57 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the R-rlecuyer package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install R-rlecuyer
This command will install R-rlecuyer on the server.
yum remove R-rlecuyer
This command will un-install R-rlecuyer on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove R-rlecuyer, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove R-rlecuyer
This command will un-install R-rlecuyer on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove R-rlecuyer when using the -y flag.
yum update R-rlecuyer
This command will update R-rlecuyer to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove R-rlecuyer, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update R-rlecuyer
This command will update R-rlecuyer to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove R-rlecuyer when using the -y flag.
yum info R-rlecuyer
This command will show you core information about the R-rlecuyer package.
yum deplist R-rlecuyer
This command will show you the dependencies for R-rlecuyer. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update R-rlecuyer
This command will check if there is an update waiting on R-rlecuyer. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.