Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 31. GNOME Applications

gnome-calculator-3.8.2

Introduction to GNOME Calculator

GNOME Calculator is a powerful graphical calculator with financial, logical and scientific modes. It uses a multiple precision package to do its arithmetic to give a high degree of accuracy.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Calculator Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.8.4 and yelp-xsl-3.8.1

Recommended

Vala-0.20.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-calculator

Installation of GNOME Calculator

Install GNOME Calculator by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: gcalccmd and gnome-calculator
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/gnome-calculator and /usr/share/help/*/gnome-calculator

Short Descriptions

gnome-calculator

is the official calculator of the GNOME Desktop.

gcalccmd

is a command line version of gnome-calculator.

Last updated on 2013-09-04 14:37:09 -0700