---
name: "mceliece-test"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mceliece"
version: "0~20241009-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mceliece-test"
---

# mceliece-test(1)

### NAME

mceliece-test - run some libmceliece correctness tests

### SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  mceliece-test
  ```

### DESCRIPTION

mceliece-test runs some tests of the correctness of the libmceliece implementation of the Classic McEliece cryptosystem.

The mceliece-test output format is subject to change. As examples of the current format, the lines

-

  ```
  kem_6960119 offset 1
  kem_6960119 selected implementation avx compiler clang -Wall -fPIC -fwrapv -Qunused-arguments -O2 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -mavx -mbmi -mbmi2 -mpopcnt -mavx2 -mtune=haswell; Ubuntu clang version 14.0.0-1ubuntu1; Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu; Thread model: posix; InstalledDir: /usr/bin
  ```

mean that mceliece-test is testing the automatically selected avx implementation of the 6960119 parameter set with various arrays offset by 1 byte from being aligned, and a final line saying

-

  ```
  all tests succeeded
  ```

means that all tests passed.

### SEE ALSO

[**mceliece-fulltest**(1)](/mceliece-fulltest/1.md), [**mceliece**(1)](/mceliece/1.md), [**mceliece**(3)](/mceliece/3.md)