How To Install qalc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qalc
on Kali Linux.
What is qalc
qalc is:
Qalculate! is small and simple to use but with much power and versatility underneath. Features include customizable functions, units, arbitrary precision using a one-line fault-tolerant expression entry.
This package contains the command line version of Qalculate!.
There are three methods to install qalc
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qalc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qalc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qalc
Install qalc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qalc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qalc
Install qalc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install qalc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qalc
How To Uninstall qalc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qalc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qalc
Uninstall qalc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qalc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qalc
Remove qalc Configurations and Data
To remove qalc
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qalc
Remove qalc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qalc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qalc
Dependencies
qalc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qalc
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.