How To Install bcal on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcal on Ubuntu.

What is `bcal`

bcal is:

Feature

convert to IEC/SI standard data storage units
show the address in bytes
show address as LBA:OFFSET
convert CHS to LBA and vice versa
show binary, decimal and hex representation of a number
custom sector size, max heads/cylinder and max sectors/track
minimal dependencies

There are three methods to install bcal on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bcal Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bcal using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bcal

Install bcal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bcal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bcal

Install bcal Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bcal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bcal

How To Uninstall bcal on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the bcal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bcal

Uninstall bcal And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bcal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcal

Remove bcal Configurations and Data

To remove bcal configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bcal

Remove bcal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bcal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcal

Dependencies

bcal have the following dependencies:

References

bcal website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcal package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.