How To Install mate-calc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-calc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mate-calc
mate-calc is:
mate-calc is a powerful graphical calculator with financial, logical and scientific modes. It uses a multiple precision package to do its arithmetic to give a high degree of accuracy.
There are three methods to install mate-calc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mate-calc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-calc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-calc
Install mate-calc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-calc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-calc
Install mate-calc 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 mate-calc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-calc
How To Uninstall mate-calc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mate-calc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-calc
Uninstall mate-calc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-calc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-calc
Remove mate-calc Configurations and Data
To remove mate-calc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-calc
Remove mate-calc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-calc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-calc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-calc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
