How To Install calc-common on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install calc-common on Debian 11.

What is calc-common

calc-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 `calc'.

There are three methods to install calc-common 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-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 calc-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install calc-common

Install calc-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install calc-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install calc-common

Install calc-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 calc-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install calc-common

How To Uninstall calc-common on Debian 11

To uninstall only the calc-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove calc-common

Uninstall calc-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall calc-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove calc-common

Remove calc-common Configurations and Data

To remove calc-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge calc-common

Remove calc-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove calc-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calc-common

Dependencies

calc-common have the following dependencies:

References

• calc-common website
• calc-common on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install calc-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.