How to Install and Uninstall xcas Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "xcas" package

Please follow the steps below to install xcas on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xcas on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xcas
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xcas package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xcas
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.0.87+dfsg1-7
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: extra
Section: universe/science
Source: giac
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4485
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libfltk-gl1.3, libfltk-images1.3, libfltk1.3 (>= 1.3.4), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgiac0 (= 1.5.0.87+dfsg1-7), libgl1, libgl2ps1.4 (>= 1.4.2+dfsg1), libgmp10, libgsl25 (>= 2.6), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), perl:any
Suggests: giac-doc, hevea, imagemagick, kbd, netpbm, texlive-binaries, texlive-latex-base, wget, xterm
Filename: pool/universe/g/giac/xcas_1.5.0.87+dfsg1-7_amd64.deb
Size: 1165384
MD5sum: 759890390efe3990e83011839a376440
SHA1: 5af1417bff93f359a3129f7b7010b4080404e145
SHA256: c16a4afbe4683e7a1d95b93be462ad2fb3670af53a80eb52c3961d7966aef8d0
SHA512: 05e2f67c412f5be8a0f481ee262f0c06ca7030fe18ac60be049d71348738f2635a9bd988b7a46f68680f838385ca41887773e460a78a6e0c07971e2965197868
Homepage: https://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~parisse/giac.html
Description-en: Computer Algebra System - console and graphical calculator
Giac is a computer algebra system, following the development of the CAS for HP
calculators. It has fast implementation of algorithms for polynomial
operations, and compatibility mode with Maple or Mupad CAS as well as TI
calculators.
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This package contains the user-facing giac programs: xcas, icas, and pgiac;
as well as the cas_help program for providing user-oriented help.
Description-md5: 38daa4fa80e5d5588e637bf7505272a5