Information about the package, perl-Crypt-Random, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Crypt-Random package is designed for, Cryptographically Secure, True Random Number Generator.
Package Name:
perl-Crypt-Random
Summary:
Cryptographically Secure, True Random Number Generator
Description:
Crypt::Random is an interface module to the /dev/random device found on most modern unix systems. It also interfaces with egd, a user space entropy gathering daemon, available for systems where /dev/random (or similar) devices are not available. When Math::Pari is installed, Crypt::Random can generate random integers of arbritary size of a given bitsize or in a specified interval.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.25
Release:
7.el6
Size:
17 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Crypt-Random package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Crypt-Random
This command will install perl-Crypt-Random on the server.
yum remove perl-Crypt-Random
This command will un-install perl-Crypt-Random on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Crypt-Random, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Crypt-Random
This command will un-install perl-Crypt-Random 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 perl-Crypt-Random when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Crypt-Random
This command will update perl-Crypt-Random to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Crypt-Random, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Crypt-Random
This command will update perl-Crypt-Random 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 perl-Crypt-Random when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Crypt-Random
This command will show you core information about the perl-Crypt-Random package.
yum deplist perl-Crypt-Random
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Crypt-Random. 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 perl-Crypt-Random
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Crypt-Random. 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.