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