# 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
- **Version:** 2.5
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Very capable calculator
- **Homepage:** <https://w-calc.sourceforge.net/>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- wcalc (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.5
## 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

- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/w-calc/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/w-calc/files/Wcalc/2.5/>
- <https://w-calc.sourceforge.net/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 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/


## 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

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- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph