# w-calc mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für w-calc in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:w-calc ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install w-calc ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install wcalc ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: science/wcalc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install wcalc ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: wcalc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#wcalc ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wc/wcalc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:w-calc - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 2.5 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Very capable calculator - **Homepage:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Quellarchiv:** - **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - wcalc (cli) - wcalc (Alias) ## Abhängigkeiten - gmp - mpfr ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-04 - Manager-Version: 2.5 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://w-calc.sourceforge.net/ - Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Wcalc is a small command-line scientific calculator focused on natural mathematical expressions, arbitrary precision, constants, variables, command history, base conversion, and unit conversion. ### Projektgeschichte The Wcalc SourceForge project was registered in October 2002 and presents the program as a powerful arbitrary-precision calculator. Its project page identifies the main interface as command-line software written in C and distributed under GPLv2. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Wcalc's adoption is modest but long-lived: its latest 2.5 source archives are still distributed from SourceForge, and Unix-like package ecosystems continue to carry it as a compact calculator for shell users. ### Wie es verwendet wird It is used where a terminal calculator is more convenient than a desktop calculator or a full computer-algebra system: quick scientific expressions, reusable variables, common constants, history-driven interactive work, and hexadecimal, octal, or binary input and output. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren For package maintainers, w-calc is one of those small utilities that survives because it has a crisp Unix shape: one executable, text I/O, arbitrary precision through standard math libraries, and enough expression syntax to be useful in scripts or interactive shells. ### Zeitleiste - 2002: The Wcalc SourceForge project was registered. - 2015: The Wcalc 2.5 release archives and README were published on SourceForge. - 2020s: The project remains available as a packaged command-line calculator on Unix-like systems. ### Related projects - Related tools in the same niche include bc, dc, calc, and GUI scientific calculators, but Wcalc's package identity is the lightweight expression-oriented CLI. ### Quellen - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** w-calc - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - MacPorts - wcalc: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: science/wcalc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - wcalc - 2.5-3+b2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: wcalc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Flexible command-line scientific calculator | http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/ - Nix - wcalc: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wc/wcalc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - wcalc - 2.5-3build3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: wcalc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Flexible command-line scientific calculator | http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/ ## Verwandte Links - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Scientific computing packages](https://pkg.so/de/scientific-computing-tools/) - Matched scientific computing metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://pkg.so/de/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [kalker](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kalker/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: calculator, cli, math, productivity, scientific-calculator. - [qalculate-gtk](https://pkg.so/de/brew/qalculate-gtk/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: calculator, cli, math, productivity. - [qalculate-qt](https://pkg.so/de/brew/qalculate-qt/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: calculator, cli, math, productivity. - [fend](https://pkg.so/de/brew/fend/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: arbitrary-precision, calculator, cli, productivity. - [clac](https://pkg.so/de/brew/clac/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: calculator, cli, productivity. - [squiid](https://pkg.so/de/brew/squiid/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: calculator, cli, productivity. - [tmux](https://pkg.so/de/brew/tmux/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [vim](https://pkg.so/de/brew/vim/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/w-calc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/w-calc.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph