How To Install calc-stats on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install calc-stats on Ubuntu 22.04. calc-stats is run standard statistics operations on a file or stdin using awk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install calc-stats on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is calc-stats

calc-stats is:

This package provides a number of useful utilities which can efficiently perform statistic calculations on files or standard input containing numbers (integers or floats). This includes: min, max, mean, avg, median, mode, stdev, histogram, summate

There are three methods to install calc-stats on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-stats 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-stats using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install calc-stats

Install calc-stats Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install calc-stats

Install calc-stats 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install calc-stats

How To Uninstall calc-stats on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove calc-stats

Uninstall calc-stats And Its Dependencies

To uninstall calc-stats and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove calc-stats

Remove calc-stats Configurations and Data

To remove calc-stats configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge calc-stats

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install calc-stats package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.