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diff --git a/chapter06/bc.xml b/chapter06/bc.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8e37d0132 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/bc.xml @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> + +<sect1 id="ch-system-bc" role="wrap"> + <?dbhtml filename="bc.html"?> + + <sect1info condition="script"> + <productname>bc</productname> + <productnumber>&bc-version;</productnumber> + <address>&bc-url;</address> + </sect1info> + + <title>Bc-&bc-version;</title> + + <indexterm zone="ch-system-bc"> + <primary sortas="a-Bc">Bc</primary> + </indexterm> + + <sect2 role="package"> + <title/> + + <para>The Bc package contains an arbitrary precision numeric processing + language.</para> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> + <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>&bc-ch6-sbu;</seg> + <seg>&bc-ch6-du;</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Installation of Bc</title> + + <para>Prepare Bc for compilation:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --with-readline</userinput></screen> + + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>--with-readline</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>This option tells Bc to use the <filename + class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is already + installed on the system rather than using its own readline + version.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + <para>Compile the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> + + <para>To test bc, run the commands below. There is quite a bit of output, + so you may want to redirect it to a file. There are a very small percentage + of tests (10 of 12,144) that will indicate a roundoff error at the last + digit.</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="test">echo "quit" | ./bc/bc -l Test/checklib.b</userinput></screen> + + <para>Install the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="contents-bc" role="content"> + <title>Contents of Bc</title> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>bc and dc</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + <variablelist> + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> + <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> + + <varlistentry id="bc"> + <term><command>bc</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>is a command line calculator</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-bc bc"> + <primary sortas="b-bc">bc</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="dc"> + <term><command>dc</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>is a reverse-polish command line calculator</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-bc dc"> + <primary sortas="b-dc">dc</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + </sect2> + +</sect1> |