How To Install galculator on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install galculator on Debian 10.
What is galculator
galculator is:
galculator is a scientific calculator. It supports different number bases (DEC/HEX/OCT/BIN) and angles bases (DEG/RAD/GRAD) and features a wide range of mathematical (basic arithmetic operations, trigonometric functions, etc) and other useful functions (memory, etc) at the moment. galculator can be used in algebraic mode as well as in Reverse Polish Notation (RPN).
There are three methods to install galculator on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install galculator Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install galculator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install galculator
Install galculator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install galculator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install galculator
Install galculator 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 galculator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install galculator
How To Uninstall galculator on Debian 10
To uninstall only the galculator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove galculator
Uninstall galculator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall galculator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove galculator
Remove galculator Configurations and Data
To remove galculator configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge galculator
Remove galculator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove galculator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge galculator
Dependencies
galculator have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install galculator package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.