How To Install calcoo on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install calcoo on Ubuntu 20.04. calcoo is Scientific calculator (GTK+)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install calcoo on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is calcoo

calcoo is:

Calcoo is a scientific calculator designed to provide maximum usability. The features that make Calcoo better than (at least some) other calculator programs are:

  • bitmapped button labels and display digits to improve readability
  • no double-function buttons - you need to click only one button for any operation (except for arc-hyp trigonometric functions)
  • undo/redo buttons
  • both RPN (reverse Polish notation) and algebraic modes
  • copy/paste interaction with X clipboard
  • display tick marks to separate thousands
  • two memory registers with displays
  • displays for Y, Z, and T registers

There are three methods to install calcoo on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install calcoo Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install calcoo

Install calcoo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install calcoo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install calcoo

Install calcoo 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 calcoo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install calcoo

How To Uninstall calcoo on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the calcoo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove calcoo

Uninstall calcoo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall calcoo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove calcoo

Remove calcoo Configurations and Data

To remove calcoo configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge calcoo

Remove calcoo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calcoo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install calcoo package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.