rand software package provides random number/character generator, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install rand
rand is installed in your system.
Make ensure the rand package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep rand *
You will get with rand package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | rand |
| Version | 1.0.4-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | random number/character generator |
| Sub Section | Utils |