How To Install sc 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 sc on Ubuntu.
What is sc
sc is:
“Spreadsheet Calculator” is a much modified version of the public- domain spread sheet sc, which was posted to Usenet several years ago by Mark Weiser as vc, originally by James Gosling. It is based on rectangular table much like a financial spreadsheet.
Its keybindings are familiar to users of ‘vi’, and it has most features that a pure spreadsheet would, but lacks things like graphing and saving in foreign formats. It’s very stable and quite easy to use once you’ve put a little effort into learning it.
There are three methods to install sc 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 sc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sc
Install sc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sc
Install sc 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 sc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sc
How To Uninstall sc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sc
Uninstall sc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sc
Remove sc Configurations and Data
To remove sc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sc
Remove sc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sc
Dependencies
sc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.