How To Install apcalc-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apcalc-common on Debian 9.
What is apcalc-common
apcalc-common 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.
This package contains architecture independent files required by the main package `apcalc'.
There are three methods to install apcalc-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apcalc-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apcalc-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apcalc-common
Install apcalc-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apcalc-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apcalc-common
Install apcalc-common 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 apcalc-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apcalc-common
How To Uninstall apcalc-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the apcalc-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apcalc-common
Uninstall apcalc-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apcalc-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apcalc-common
Remove apcalc-common Configurations and Data
To remove apcalc-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apcalc-common
Remove apcalc-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apcalc-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apcalc-common
Dependencies
apcalc-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apcalc-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.