How To Install bc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install bc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. bc.x86_64 is GNU’s bc (a numeric processing language) and dc (a calculator)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `bc.x86_64`

The bc package includes bc and dc. Bc is an arbitrary precision numeric processing arithmetic language. Dc is an interactive arbitrary precision stack based calculator, which can be used as a text mode calculator. Install the bc package if you need its number handling capabilities or if you would like to use its text mode calculator.

We can use yum to install bc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bc.x86_64.

Install bc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bc.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bc.x86_64

How To Uninstall bc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the bc.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove bc.x86_64

bc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/bc
/usr/bin/dc
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/Examples
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/Examples/ckbook.b
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/Examples/pi.b
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/Examples/primes.b
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/Examples/twins.b
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/bc-1.06.95/README
/usr/share/info/bc.info.gz
/usr/share/info/dc.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dc.1.gz

References

bc.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.