8.13.2. Contents of Bc
Installed programs:
bc and dc
The Bc package contains an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
Prepare Bc for compilation:
CC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr -G -O3 -r
The meaning of the configure options:
CC=gcc
This parameter specifies the compiler to use.
-G
Omit parts of the test suite that won't work until the bc program has been installed.
-O3
Specify the optimization to use.
-r
Enable the use of Readline to improve the line editing feature of bc.
Compile the package:
make
To test bc, run:
make test
Install the package:
make install