How To Install bc on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bc on Fedora 34.
What is bc
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 or dnf to install bc on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bc.
Install bc on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bc
Install bc on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bc
How To Uninstall bc on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the bc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bc
bc Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/bc
/usr/bin/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/61662558febf32d107307629077355740cde08
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/90d6c5f70d2275fa87841ea9781b61d7cf11a1
/usr/share/doc/bc
/usr/share/doc/bc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bc/Examples
/usr/share/doc/bc/Examples/ckbook.b
/usr/share/doc/bc/Examples/pi.b
/usr/share/doc/bc/Examples/primes.b
/usr/share/doc/bc/Examples/twins.b
/usr/share/doc/bc/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/bc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/bc/README
/usr/share/info/bc.info.gz
/usr/share/info/dc.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/bc
/usr/share/licenses/bc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/bc/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/bc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dc.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bc on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.