How To Install qalculate on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install qalculate on CentOS 7. qalculate is Multi-purpose calculator, text mode interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qalculate on CentOS 7.

What is qalculate

Qalculate! is a multi-purpose desktop calculator for GNU/Linux. It is small and simple to use but with much power and versatility underneath. Features include customizable functions, units, arbitrary precision, plotting. This package provides the text-mode interface for Qalculate! The GTK and QT frontends are provided by qalculate-gtk and qalculate-kde packages resp.

We can use yum or dnf to install qalculate on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qalculate.

Install qalculate on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qalculate using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qalculate

Install qalculate on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qalculate using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qalculate

How To Uninstall qalculate on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove qalculate

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qalculate on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.