# Installer w-calc avec Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de w-calc pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:w-calc
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install w-calc
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install wcalc
```

  Preuve: 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
```

  Preuve: 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
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wc/wcalc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:w-calc
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/w-calc>
- **Version:** 2.5
- **Résumé source:** Very capable calculator
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://w-calc.sourceforge.net/>
- **Docs amont:** <https://w-calc.sourceforge.net/>
- **Licence:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Archive source:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/w-calc/Wcalc/2.5/wcalc-2.5.tar.bz2>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## exécutables

- wcalc (cli)
- wcalc (alias)

## Dépendances

- gmp
- mpfr

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-04
- version du gestionnaire: 2.5
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://w-calc.sourceforge.net/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Historique du projet et usages

Wcalc is a small command-line scientific calculator focused on natural mathematical expressions, arbitrary precision, constants, variables, command history, base conversion, and unit conversion.

### Historique du projet

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.

### Historique d'adoption

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.

### Modes d'utilisation

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.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

### Chronologie

- 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.

### Sources

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


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Détails de la base source

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** w-calc
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- 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/


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