How To Install quickcal on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install quickcal on Kali Linux.

What is quickcal

quickcal is:

Quickcal accepts quick pasting of a large set of numbers, separated with newlines or spaces or tabs and performs arithmetic / statistical calculations based on the button or keyboard shortcut pressed.

As in other calculators, basic math can be performed too, with the +,-,*,/,%,^ operators, in between numbers. Setting the scale allows for more decimals to be displayed. Also, about 65 statistical calculations can be performed by choosing an option from the more stats list box.

Filing and viewing support for history and tallying purpose, at the end of the day, helpful for shopkeepers and others too.

There are three methods to install quickcal 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 quickcal Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install quickcal using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install quickcal

Install quickcal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install quickcal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install quickcal

Install quickcal 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 quickcal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quickcal

How To Uninstall quickcal on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove quickcal

Uninstall quickcal And Its Dependencies

To uninstall quickcal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quickcal

Remove quickcal Configurations and Data

To remove quickcal configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge quickcal

Remove quickcal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove quickcal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quickcal

Dependencies

quickcal have the following dependencies:

• python3-gi
• gawk
• gir1.2-gtk-3.0
• gir1.2-pango-1.0
• python3

References

• quickcal website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install quickcal package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.