%general-entities; ]> Bc-&bc-version; Bc <para>The Bc package contains an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Bc Prepare Bc for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-readline \ --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: echo "quit" | ./bc/bc -l Test/checklib.b Install the package: make install Contents of Bc Installed programs bc and dc Short Descriptions bc is a command line calculator bc dc is a reverse-polish command line calculator dc