General Utilities

This chapter contains various utilities that do not fit conveniently into other chapters. Programs include a command line calculator, several utilities for manipulating text and graphics, and a program to interface with a palm-pilot.

Bc-1.06

Introduction to Bc

The bc package contains an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

Bc Dependencies

Optional

libedit (as an alternative to readline)

Installation of Bc

Install bc by running the following commands:

patch -Np1 -i ../bc-1.06-flex_invocation-1.patch &&
patch -Np1 -i ../bc-1.06-readline-1.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-readline &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: bc and dc
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

bc

is a calculator.

dc

is a reverse-polish calculator.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600