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gcalctool


Information about the package, gcalctool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gcalctool package is designed for, A desktop calculator.


Package Name:

gcalctool

Summary:

A desktop calculator

Description:

gcalctool 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.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

5.28.2

Release:

5.el6

Size:

1.4 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for gcalctool


Control the gcalctool package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install gcalctool

This command will install gcalctool on the server.

yum remove gcalctool

This command will un-install gcalctool on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gcalctool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove gcalctool

This command will un-install gcalctool on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gcalctool when using the -y flag.

yum update gcalctool

This command will update gcalctool to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gcalctool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update gcalctool

This command will update gcalctool to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gcalctool when using the -y flag.

yum info gcalctool

This command will show you core information about the gcalctool package.

yum deplist gcalctool

This command will show you the dependencies for gcalctool. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update gcalctool

This command will check if there is an update waiting on gcalctool. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.