source: gnome/add/gcalctool.xml@ 5cd0959d

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY gcalctool-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gcalctool/4.3/gcalctool-&gcalctool-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gcalctool-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gcalctool/4.3/gcalctool-&gcalctool-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gcalctool-size "823 KB">
<!ENTITY gcalctool-buildsize "12 MB">
<!ENTITY gcalctool-time "0.15 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="gcalctool" xreflabel="gcalctool-&gcalctool-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gcalctool.html"?>
<title>gcalctool-&gcalctool-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>gcalctool</application></title>

<para>
<application>gcalctool</application> is a powerful graphical calculator
with financial, logical and scientific modes. It uses a multiple
precision package to do its arithmetic to give a high degree of
accuracy.
</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gcalctool-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gcalctool-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gcalctool-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&gcalctool-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gcalctool-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
                                                                                
<sect3><title><application>gcalctool</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> and
<xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>gcalctool</application></title>

<para>Install <application>gcalctool</application> by running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --localstatedir=/var/lib &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch puts
configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch
puts <application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in <filename
class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename>
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>gcalctool</application> package contains
<command>gcalctool</command> (a.k.a.
<command>gnome-calculator</command>).</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gcalctool</title>
<para><command>gcalctool</command> is a desktop calculator for
<acronym>GNOME</acronym>.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>