KCalc is a scientific calculator.

[crooks]

Forgive me if I missed it somewhere... There is no calculator?

[Snayler]

Originally Posted by crooks

Forgive me if I missed it somewhere... There is no calculator?

apt-get install kcalc-kde3

[crooks]

It just struck me as weird that there was no calculator included. Seems like such a basic tool. Almost like not including a text editor :P

Anyways that's my request...

[Snayler]

Originally Posted by crooks

It just struck me as weird that there was no calculator included. Seems like such a basic tool. Almost like not including a text editor :P

Anyways that's my request...

Yes, you've got a point. But i think it's not that important in a security distro, and the repositories have kcalc, so you can install it if you need it.

[crooks]

Originally Posted by Snayler

Yes, you've got a point. But i think it's not that important in a security distro, and the repositories have kcalc, so you can install it if you need it.

I think a calculator is as important in a security distro as anywhere else. Especially for crypto work.

[Virchanza]

I dunno if they've fixed the repositories already, but there was a time when you had to do:

apt-get install kcalc-kde3

because if you just specified "kcalc" then it tried to install hundreds of megabytes of shite to do with KDE4.

[Titan8990]

Just enter the interactive python interface and your all set as far as calculations. here are a couple examples:

pc-tesla speedtest # python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jan  4 2009, 17:40:26) 
[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 5 + 4
9
>>> 5 ** 4
625
>>> 5 * 4
20

[larryhaja]

Originally Posted by Titan8990

Just enter the interactive python interface and your all set as far as calculations. here are a couple examples:

pc-tesla speedtest # python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jan  4 2009, 17:40:26) 
[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 5 + 4
9
>>> 5 ** 4
625
>>> 5 * 4
20

Or use bash.

# echo "(5 + 4)" | bc
9
# echo "(5 ^ 4)" | bc
625
# echo "(5 * 4)" | bc
20