How To Install calc on CentOS 8
calc is Arbitrary precision arithmetic system and calculator
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install calc on CentOS 8.
What is calc
Calc is an arbitrary precision C-like arithmetic system that is a calculator, an algorithm-prototyper, and a mathematical research tool. Calc comes with a rich set of built-in mathematical and programmatic functions. Note been converted to the ordinary GPL as per section 3 of the LGPL. See the included calc-converted-to-gpl.txt document for details.
We can use yum or dnf to install calc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install calc.
Install calc on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install calc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install calc
Install calc on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install calc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install calc
How To Uninstall calc on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the calc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove calc
calc Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/calc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/8c0fefc4ab36e801869cc48fafcc043ca26a27
/usr/share/calc
/usr/share/calc/help
/usr/share/calc/help/COPYING
/usr/share/calc/help/COPYING-GPL
/usr/share/calc/help/abs
/usr/share/calc/help/access
/usr/share/calc/help/acos
/usr/share/calc/help/acosh
/usr/share/calc/help/acot
/usr/share/calc/help/acoth
/usr/share/calc/help/acsc
/usr/share/calc/help/acsch
/usr/share/calc/help/address
/usr/share/calc/help/agd
/usr/share/calc/help/append
/usr/share/calc/help/appr
/usr/share/calc/help/archive
/usr/share/calc/help/arg
/usr/share/calc/help/argv
/usr/share/calc/help/arrow
/usr/share/calc/help/asec
/usr/share/calc/help/asech
/usr/share/calc/help/asin
/usr/share/calc/help/asinh
/usr/share/calc/help/assign
/usr/share/calc/help/assoc
/usr/share/calc/help/atan
/usr/share/calc/help/atan2
/usr/share/calc/help/atanh
/usr/share/calc/help/avg
/usr/share/calc/help/base
/usr/share/calc/help/base2
/usr/share/calc/help/bernoulli
/usr/share/calc/help/binding
/usr/share/calc/help/bindings
/usr/share/calc/help/bit
/usr/share/calc/help/blk
/usr/share/calc/help/blkcpy
/usr/share/calc/help/blkfree
/usr/share/calc/help/blocks
/usr/share/calc/help/bround
/usr/share/calc/help/btrunc
/usr/share/calc/help/bug
/usr/share/calc/help/bugs
/usr/share/calc/help/builtin
/usr/share/calc/help/calc_tty
/usr/share/calc/help/calclevel
/usr/share/calc/help/calcpath
/usr/share/calc/help/catalan
/usr/share/calc/help/ceil
/usr/share/calc/help/cfappr
/usr/share/calc/help/cfsim
/usr/share/calc/help/change
/usr/share/calc/help/changes
/usr/share/calc/help/char
/usr/share/calc/help/cmdbuf
/usr/share/calc/help/cmp
/usr/share/calc/help/comb
/usr/share/calc/help/command
/usr/share/calc/help/config
/usr/share/calc/help/conj
/usr/share/calc/help/contrib
/usr/share/calc/help/cos
/usr/share/calc/help/cosh
/usr/share/calc/help/cot
/usr/share/calc/help/coth
/usr/share/calc/help/count
/usr/share/calc/help/cp
/usr/share/calc/help/credit
/usr/share/calc/help/csc
/usr/share/calc/help/csch
/usr/share/calc/help/cscript
/usr/share/calc/help/ctime
/usr/share/calc/help/custom
/usr/share/calc/help/custom_cal
/usr/share/calc/help/define
/usr/share/calc/help/delete
/usr/share/calc/help/den
/usr/share/calc/help/dereference
/usr/share/calc/help/det
/usr/share/calc/help/digit
/usr/share/calc/help/digits
/usr/share/calc/help/display
/usr/share/calc/help/dp
/usr/share/calc/help/environment
/usr/share/calc/help/epsilon
/usr/share/calc/help/errcount
/usr/share/calc/help/errmax
/usr/share/calc/help/errno
/usr/share/calc/help/error
/usr/share/calc/help/errorcode
/usr/share/calc/help/errorcodes
/usr/share/calc/help/estr
/usr/share/calc/help/euler
/usr/share/calc/help/eval
/usr/share/calc/help/exp
/usr/share/calc/help/expression
/usr/share/calc/help/fact
/usr/share/calc/help/factor
/usr/share/calc/help/fclose
/usr/share/calc/help/fcnt
/usr/share/calc/help/feof
/usr/share/calc/help/ferror
/usr/share/calc/help/fflush
/usr/share/calc/help/fgetc
/usr/share/calc/help/fgetfield
/usr/share/calc/help/fgetfile
/usr/share/calc/help/fgetline
/usr/share/calc/help/fgets
/usr/share/calc/help/fgetstr
/usr/share/calc/help/fib
/usr/share/calc/help/file
/usr/share/calc/help/files
/usr/share/calc/help/floor
/usr/share/calc/help/fopen
/usr/share/calc/help/forall
/usr/share/calc/help/fpathopen
/usr/share/calc/help/fprintf
/usr/share/calc/help/fputc
/usr/share/calc/help/fputs
/usr/share/calc/help/fputstr
/usr/share/calc/help/frac
/usr/share/calc/help/free
/usr/share/calc/help/freebernoulli
/usr/share/calc/help/freeeuler
/usr/share/calc/help/freeglobals
/usr/share/calc/help/freeredc
/usr/share/calc/help/freestatics
/usr/share/calc/help/frem
/usr/share/calc/help/freopen
/usr/share/calc/help/fscan
/usr/share/calc/help/fscanf
/usr/share/calc/help/fseek
/usr/share/calc/help/fsize
/usr/share/calc/help/ftell
/usr/share/calc/help/full
/usr/share/calc/help/gcd
/usr/share/calc/help/gcdrem
/usr/share/calc/help/gd
/usr/share/calc/help/getenv
/usr/share/calc/help/hash
/usr/share/calc/help/head
/usr/share/calc/help/help
/usr/share/calc/help/highbit
/usr/share/calc/help/history
/usr/share/calc/help/hmean
/usr/share/calc/help/hnrmod
/usr/share/calc/help/hypot
/usr/share/calc/help/ilog
/usr/share/calc/help/ilog10
/usr/share/calc/help/ilog2
/usr/share/calc/help/im
/usr/share/calc/help/indices
/usr/share/calc/help/inputlevel
/usr/share/calc/help/insert
/usr/share/calc/help/int
/usr/share/calc/help/interrupt
/usr/share/calc/help/intro
/usr/share/calc/help/inverse
/usr/share/calc/help/iroot
/usr/share/calc/help/isalnum
/usr/share/calc/help/isalpha
/usr/share/calc/help/isassoc
/usr/share/calc/help/isatty
/usr/share/calc/help/isblk
/usr/share/calc/help/iscntrl
/usr/share/calc/help/isconfig
/usr/share/calc/help/isdefined
/usr/share/calc/help/isdigit
/usr/share/calc/help/iserror
/usr/share/calc/help/iseven
/usr/share/calc/help/isfile
/usr/share/calc/help/isgraph
/usr/share/calc/help/ishash
/usr/share/calc/help/isident
/usr/share/calc/help/isint
/usr/share/calc/help/islist
/usr/share/calc/help/islower
/usr/share/calc/help/ismat
/usr/share/calc/help/ismult
/usr/share/calc/help/isnull
/usr/share/calc/help/isnum
/usr/share/calc/help/isobj
/usr/share/calc/help/isobjtype
/usr/share/calc/help/isodd
/usr/share/calc/help/isprime
/usr/share/calc/help/isprint
/usr/share/calc/help/isptr
/usr/share/calc/help/ispunct
/usr/share/calc/help/isqrt
/usr/share/calc/help/isrand
/usr/share/calc/help/israndom
/usr/share/calc/help/isreal
/usr/share/calc/help/isrel
/usr/share/calc/help/issimple
/usr/share/calc/help/isspace
/usr/share/calc/help/issq
/usr/share/calc/help/isstr
/usr/share/calc/help/istype
/usr/share/calc/help/isupper
/usr/share/calc/help/isxdigit
/usr/share/calc/help/jacobi
/usr/share/calc/help/join
/usr/share/calc/help/lcm
/usr/share/calc/help/lcmfact
/usr/share/calc/help/lfactor
/usr/share/calc/help/libcalc
/usr/share/calc/help/list
/usr/share/calc/help/ln
/usr/share/calc/help/log
/usr/share/calc/help/lowbit
/usr/share/calc/help/ltol
/usr/share/calc/help/makelist
/usr/share/calc/help/man
/usr/share/calc/help/mat
/usr/share/calc/help/matdim
/usr/share/calc/help/matfill
/usr/share/calc/help/matmax
/usr/share/calc/help/matmin
/usr/share/calc/help/matsum
/usr/share/calc/help/mattrace
/usr/share/calc/help/mattrans
/usr/share/calc/help/max
/usr/share/calc/help/memsize
/usr/share/calc/help/meq
/usr/share/calc/help/min
/usr/share/calc/help/minv
/usr/share/calc/help/mmin
/usr/share/calc/help/mne
/usr/share/calc/help/mod
/usr/share/calc/help/modify
/usr/share/calc/help/name
/usr/share/calc/help/near
/usr/share/calc/help/new_custom
/usr/share/calc/help/newerror
/usr/share/calc/help/nextcand
/usr/share/calc/help/nextprime
/usr/share/calc/help/norm
/usr/share/calc/help/null
/usr/share/calc/help/num
/usr/share/calc/help/obj
/usr/share/calc/help/oldvalue
/usr/share/calc/help/operator
/usr/share/calc/help/ord
/usr/share/calc/help/overview
/usr/share/calc/help/param
/usr/share/calc/help/perm
/usr/share/calc/help/pfact
/usr/share/calc/help/pi
/usr/share/calc/help/pix
/usr/share/calc/help/places
/usr/share/calc/help/pmod
/usr/share/calc/help/polar
/usr/share/calc/help/poly
/usr/share/calc/help/pop
/usr/share/calc/help/popcnt
/usr/share/calc/help/pound
/usr/share/calc/help/power
/usr/share/calc/help/prevcand
/usr/share/calc/help/prevprime
/usr/share/calc/help/printf
/usr/share/calc/help/prompt
/usr/share/calc/help/protect
/usr/share/calc/help/ptest
/usr/share/calc/help/push
/usr/share/calc/help/putenv
/usr/share/calc/help/quo
/usr/share/calc/help/quomod
/usr/share/calc/help/rand
/usr/share/calc/help/randbit
/usr/share/calc/help/random
/usr/share/calc/help/randombit
/usr/share/calc/help/randperm
/usr/share/calc/help/rcin
/usr/share/calc/help/rcmul
/usr/share/calc/help/rcout
/usr/share/calc/help/rcpow
/usr/share/calc/help/rcsq
/usr/share/calc/help/re
/usr/share/calc/help/remove
/usr/share/calc/help/resource
/usr/share/calc/help/reverse
/usr/share/calc/help/rewind
/usr/share/calc/help/rm
/usr/share/calc/help/root
/usr/share/calc/help/round
/usr/share/calc/help/rsearch
/usr/share/calc/help/runtime
/usr/share/calc/help/saveval
/usr/share/calc/help/scale
/usr/share/calc/help/scan
/usr/share/calc/help/scanf
/usr/share/calc/help/script
/usr/share/calc/help/search
/usr/share/calc/help/sec
/usr/share/calc/help/sech
/usr/share/calc/help/seed
/usr/share/calc/help/segment
/usr/share/calc/help/select
/usr/share/calc/help/sgn
/usr/share/calc/help/sha1
/usr/share/calc/help/sin
/usr/share/calc/help/sinh
/usr/share/calc/help/size
/usr/share/calc/help/sizeof
/usr/share/calc/help/sleep
/usr/share/calc/help/sort
/usr/share/calc/help/sqrt
/usr/share/calc/help/srand
/usr/share/calc/help/srandom
/usr/share/calc/help/ssq
/usr/share/calc/help/statement
/usr/share/calc/help/stoponerror
/usr/share/calc/help/str
/usr/share/calc/help/strcasecmp
/usr/share/calc/help/strcat
/usr/share/calc/help/strcmp
/usr/share/calc/help/strcpy
/usr/share/calc/help/strerror
/usr/share/calc/help/strlen
/usr/share/calc/help/strncasecmp
/usr/share/calc/help/strncmp
/usr/share/calc/help/strncpy
/usr/share/calc/help/strpos
/usr/share/calc/help/strprintf
/usr/share/calc/help/strscan
/usr/share/calc/help/strscanf
/usr/share/calc/help/strtolower
/usr/share/calc/help/strtoupper
/usr/share/calc/help/substr
/usr/share/calc/help/sum
/usr/share/calc/help/swap
/usr/share/calc/help/system
/usr/share/calc/help/systime
/usr/share/calc/help/tail
/usr/share/calc/help/tan
/usr/share/calc/help/tanh
/usr/share/calc/help/test
/usr/share/calc/help/time
/usr/share/calc/help/todo
/usr/share/calc/help/trunc
/usr/share/calc/help/type
/usr/share/calc/help/types
/usr/share/calc/help/unexpected
/usr/share/calc/help/usage
/usr/share/calc/help/usertime
/usr/share/calc/help/variable
/usr/share/calc/help/version
/usr/share/calc/help/wishlist
/usr/share/calc/help/xor
/usr/share/doc/calc
/usr/share/doc/calc/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/calc/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/calc/README.FIRST
/usr/share/doc/calc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/calc
/usr/share/licenses/calc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/calc/COPYING-GPL
/usr/share/man/man1/calc.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install calc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.