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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "xcas" package

Please follow the steps below to install xcas on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xcas on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: xcas
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.0.41+dfsg1-1
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: 5784
Depends: libgiac0 (= 1.6.0.41+dfsg1-1), perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.29), libfltk-gl1.3, libfltk-images1.3, libfltk1.3 (>= 1.3.4), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libgl2ps1.4 (>= 1.4.2+dfsg1), libgmp10, libgsl25 (>= 2.6), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Suggests: giac-doc, hevea, imagemagick, kbd, netpbm, texlive-binaries, texlive-latex-base, wget, xterm
Filename: pool/universe/g/giac/xcas_1.6.0.41+dfsg1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1378828
MD5sum: 0af2929e6b711d9b24804eb8af60fe51
SHA1: c447ba3553918ab59f6b076758fa1d7cc6bd2a9d
SHA256: 04529b05d43504014002174d3eae8f7d0fdf79e54f0ac3249e214bb41cb34851
SHA512: a63199fa3467d26bd3c54670a415e9a0bd99f15944604d1e1250818db4917560a23fec4956a8148e4abd9b51032b18f266d54df8ed225916f334de26ada52491
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