How to Install and Uninstall bcal Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "bcal" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bcal on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall bcal on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bcal
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bcal package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: bcal
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: SZ Lin (林上智)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 70
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), readline-common
Suggests: bc
Filename: pool/universe/b/bcal/bcal_2.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 28460
MD5sum: e35d06b3d6cb6c37cc8dda73e13426ea
SHA1: 3d6bb785fea9d0052744685c28d662cea22dc62e
SHA256: 5a69f0ed057b6dfa950bdafe34c02c74870529c9fd9ae6fc8cb72151417b1609
SHA512: 86ce8e48f0b4eaf9c89bdbb3ea5b8808c2b1cf7b2c5e6c0d929180b7ef68e6931bb35686b4c6c6523f57dded53dee9bb633b56e8b0382d6e5360c67699fe3645
Homepage: https://github.com/jarun/bcal
Description-en: Command-line utility for storage conversions and calculations
Feature
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- convert to IEC/SI standard data storage units
- show the address in bytes
- show address as LBA:OFFSET
- convert CHS to LBA and vice versa
- show binary, decimal and hex representation of a number
- custom sector size, max heads/cylinder and max sectors/track
- minimal dependencies
Description-md5: 8b80d1eeeb27fa09a0ecf2bb47cded47