How To Install qalculate on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qalculate on Rocky Linux 8. qalculate is Multi-purpose calculator, text mode interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qalculate on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qalculate.

Install qalculate on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install qalculate

Install qalculate on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install qalculate

How To Uninstall qalculate on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove qalculate

qalculate Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/qalc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/73acb9cbb5955c6268cc496a701eeb62e7acc8

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qalculate on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.