How To Install calc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install calc on Debian 11.
What is calc
calc is:
Calc is an arbitrary precision arithmetic system that uses a C-like language. Calc is useful as a calculator, an algorithm prototyper and as a mathematical research tool. More importantly, calc provides one with a machine independent means of computation. Calc comes with a rich set of builtin mathematical and programmatic functions.
Calc is built on top of the library libcalc that represents numeric values as fractions reduced to their lowest terms. This library can also be used to add arbitrary precision capabilities to your own programs and is available in the Debian package `calc-dev'.
Previously, this package was named apcalc' in Debian due to a name collision. However, the previous calc’ Debian package vanished long ago,
so apcalc' was renamed back to calc’ to match the upstream name.
There are three methods to install calc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install calc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install calc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install calc
Install calc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install calc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install calc
Install calc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install calc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install calc
How To Uninstall calc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the calc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove calc
Uninstall calc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall calc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove calc
Remove calc Configurations and Data
To remove calc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge calc
Remove calc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove calc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calc
Dependencies
calc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install calc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
