How To Install apcalc-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install apcalc-common on Ubuntu 18.04. apcalc-common is Arbitrary precision calculator (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apcalc-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is apcalc-common

apcalc-common is:

Calc is an arbitrary precision arithmetic system that uses a C-like language. Calc is useful as a calculator, an algorithm prototyper and as a mathematical research tool. More importantly, calc provides one with a machine independent means of computation. Calc comes with a rich set of builtin mathematical and programmatic functions.

This package contains architecture independent files required by the main package `apcalc'.

There are three methods to install apcalc-common on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install apcalc-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apcalc-common

Install apcalc-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apcalc-common

Install apcalc-common 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install apcalc-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apcalc-common

How To Uninstall apcalc-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the apcalc-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apcalc-common

Uninstall apcalc-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apcalc-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apcalc-common

Remove apcalc-common Configurations and Data

To remove apcalc-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apcalc-common

Remove apcalc-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apcalc-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apcalc-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.