How To Install dc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dc
dc is:
GNU dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited precision arithmetic. It also allows you to define and call macros.
A reverse-polish calculator stores numbers on a stack. Entering a number pushes it on the stack. Arithmetic operations pop arguments off the stack and push the results.
There are three methods to install dc
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 dc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dc
Install dc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dc
Install dc 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 dc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dc
How To Uninstall dc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dc
Uninstall dc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dc
Remove dc Configurations and Data
To remove dc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dc
Remove dc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.