This chapter contains various utilities that do not fit conveniently into other chapters. Programs include a command line calculator, several utilities for manipulating text and graphics, and a program to interface with a palm-pilot.
The bc package contains an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: d44b5dddebd8a7a7309aea6c36fda117
Download size: 278 KB
Estimated disk space required: 2.31 MB
Estimated build time: 0.04 SBU
libedit (as an alternative to readline)
Install bc by running the following commands:
patch -Np1 -i ../bc-1.06-flex_invocation-1.patch && patch -Np1 -i ../bc-1.06-readline-1.patch && ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-readline && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600