How To Install sc-im on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sc-im on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is sc-im
sc-im is:
Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised, aka sc-im, is an ncurses based, vim-like spreadsheet calculator.
sc-im is based on sc, whose original authors are James Gosling and Mark Weiser, and mods were later added by Chuck Martin.
Its keybindings are familiar to users of ‘vi’, and it has most features that a pure spreadsheet would, but lacks things like graphing and saving in foreign formats. It’s very stable and quite easy to use once you’ve put a little effort into learning it.
There are three methods to install sc-im on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sc-im Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sc-im using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sc-im
Install sc-im Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sc-im using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sc-im
Install sc-im Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sc-im using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sc-im
How To Uninstall sc-im on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the sc-im package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sc-im
Uninstall sc-im And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sc-im and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sc-im
Remove sc-im Configurations and Data
To remove sc-im configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sc-im
Remove sc-im configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sc-im configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sc-im
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sc-im package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
