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.
The bc package contains an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: d44b5dddebd8a7a7309aea6c36fda117
Download size: 280 KB
Estimated disk space required: 1.6 MB
Estimated build time: 0.07 SBU
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 &&
make install
The bc package contains bc and dc.