How To Install qalculate on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qalculate
on Debian 10.
What is qalculate
qalculate is:
Qalculate! is small and simple to use but with much power and versatility underneath. Features include customizable functions, units, arbitrary precision, plotting, and a graphical interface that uses a one-line fault-tolerant expression entry (although it supports optional traditional buttons).
This is a transitional package that can be removed once you installed qalculate-gtk.
There are three methods to install qalculate
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 qalculate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qalculate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qalculate
Install qalculate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qalculate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qalculate
Install qalculate 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 qalculate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qalculate
How To Uninstall qalculate on Debian 10
To uninstall only the qalculate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qalculate
Uninstall qalculate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qalculate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qalculate
Remove qalculate Configurations and Data
To remove qalculate
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qalculate
Remove qalculate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qalculate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qalculate
Dependencies
qalculate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qalculate
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.