dc command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

dc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dc: command not found

Solutions to dc: command not found

How To Fix dc: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dc is provided by dc package.

dc is:

GNU dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited precision arithmetic. It also allows you to define and call macros.

A reverse-polish calculator stores numbers on a stack. Entering a number pushes it on the stack. Arithmetic operations pop arguments off the stack and push the results.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install dc

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install dc.

sudo apt -y install dc

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install dc

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dc command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.