How To Install qalc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qalc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is qalc
qalc is:
Qalculate! is small and simple to use but with much power and versatility underneath. Features include customizable functions, units, arbitrary precision using a one-line fault-tolerant expression entry.
This package contains the command line version of Qalculate!.
There are three methods to install qalc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qalc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qalc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qalc
Install qalc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qalc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qalc
Install qalc 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 qalc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qalc
How To Uninstall qalc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the qalc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qalc
Uninstall qalc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qalc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qalc
Remove qalc Configurations and Data
To remove qalc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qalc
Remove qalc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qalc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qalc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qalc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
