How to Install and Uninstall bc Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "bc" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bc on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Learn how to uninstall bc on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bc package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: bc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.07.1-3build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: math
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 215
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/main/b/bc/bc_1.07.1-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 87638
MD5sum: f8d9a170c5dc5838e3fd7aa9c40cb070
SHA1: 06b69a698b7f1b96fe839f4a02987049f809e0be
SHA256: 928e0bd1f8b3718be0271ab25d6b95902bdc63fdba0bfc15e078e243ba74aab8
SHA512: edf09412fc9563f26e3dbddbaec1829f797c4e0d5fa95acf3006db4e75fa8f7c236e34c1ba117d8ac8cdd6bdf82d734865c1956dc0a1e1e36c1e353669f20bc7
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/
Description: GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
Description-md5: b8da7e3f115e4c703a180cdb05aec611
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