libpractrand on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "libpractrand" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install libpractrand on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                libpractrand
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall libpractrand on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                libpractrand
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "libpractrand" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone libpractrand's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libpractrand.git 
            
                        
                ~/libpractrand
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/libpractrand folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/libpractrand
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpractrand package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1415908
Name: libpractrand
PackageBaseID: 202981
PackageBase: libpractrand
Version: pre0.95-1
Description: C++ library of pseudo-random number generators and statistical tests for RNGs
URL: https://pracrand.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.7532
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: edoars
Submitter: edoars
FirstSubmitted: 1708967324
LastModified: 1708967324
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libpractrand.tar.gz