random

0.2.6

True Random Numbers using RANDOM.ORG

2packages depend

14.6Kdownloads / year

0.0%test coverage

11/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Dirk EddelbuettelFirst published 2006-08-199 releasesCRAN page ↗

The true random number service provided by the RANDOM.ORG website created by Mads Haahr samples atmospheric noise via radio tuned to an unused broadcasting frequency together with a skew correction algorithm due to John von Neumann. More background is available in the included vignette based on an essay by Mads Haahr. In its current form, the package offers functions to retrieve random integers, randomized sequences and random strings.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("random", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-random

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-random

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-random

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

2NOTE11OK

Failing flavors

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

Slowest check: 1.4 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.13

0.0%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

Check history

NOTE2026-05-12
11 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
WARNING2026-05-11
11 OK · 1 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-03-10
12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 104 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 100%

Downloads

14.6K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #4,940 · ~40/day · ~1.2K/mo

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 2.8.0

Imports (2)

curlutils

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none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

2direct

0indirect

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Listed in earlier versions (1)

Dirk Eddelbuettel

no longer listed · 0.1.0 to 0.2.6

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Package metadata

First published: 2006-08-19
Total releases: 9 / 20 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 2.8.0
Download size: 492 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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