How To Install calc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install calc on CentOS 7.
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 and has 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 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install calc.
Install calc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install calc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install calc
Install calc on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install calc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install calc
How To Uninstall calc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the calc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove calc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install calc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.