How to Install and Uninstall bc Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "bc" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bc on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall bc on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bc package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: bc
Source: bc (1.07.1-2)
Version: 1.07.1-2+b2
Installed-Size: 241
Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncurses6 (>= 6), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
Description-md5: b8da7e3f115e4c703a180cdb05aec611
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/
Tag: devel::interpreter, field::mathematics, implemented-in::c,
interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: math
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bc/bc_1.07.1-2+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 108984
MD5sum: 5ce4e603300ec7b2753ac736b8004150
SHA256: ab18fc8127b384ba094dd2b83716b2197cc773573728ffcebb594918a27ba994