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unuran


Information about the package, unuran, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The unuran package is designed for, Universal Non-Uniform Random number generator.


Package Name:

unuran

Summary:

Universal Non-Uniform Random number generator

Description:

UNU.RAN is an ANSI C library licensed under GPL. It contains universal (also called automatic or black-box) algorithms that can generate random numbers from large classes of continuous or discrete distributions, and also from practically all standard distributions. The library and an extensive online documentation are available at: ------------------------------------------- http://statistik.wu-wien.ac.at/unuran/ -------------------------------------------

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.8.1

Release:

1.el6

Size:

441 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for unuran


Control the unuran package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install unuran

This command will install unuran on the server.

yum remove unuran

This command will un-install unuran on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove unuran, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove unuran

This command will un-install unuran 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 unuran when using the -y flag.

yum update unuran

This command will update unuran to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove unuran, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update unuran

This command will update unuran 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 unuran when using the -y flag.

yum info unuran

This command will show you core information about the unuran package.

yum deplist unuran

This command will show you the dependencies for unuran. 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 unuran

This command will check if there is an update waiting on unuran. 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.