%general-entities; ]> bc &bc-version;

&bc-url;

Bc Prepare Bc for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --with-readline \ --mandir=/usr/share/man \ --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-readline This option tells Bc to use the readline library that is already installed on the system rather than using its own readline version. Compile the package: make 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. echo "quit" | ./bc/bc -l Test/checklib.b Install the package: make install Installed programs bc and dc Short Descriptions bc is a command line calculator bc dc is a reverse-polish command line calculator dc