sc is a free, cross-platform spreadsheet and calculator tool that works on Unix, Unix-like, and Windows systems. It’s accessible via a terminal emulator, featuring a simple interface with Vim-like keyboard shortcuts. You can use it for tasks like financial and budget calculations. Built on the ncurses interface library, sc has a comprehensive man page, a math formula library, and supports plugins. It’s included in default repositories of popular Linux distributions like Debian and Ubuntu.
This document covers at least 3 versions:
While sc-ntroff and sc-debian derived from sc-orig, it is seems (to me) that there is unfortunately no relation between sc-ntroff and sc-debian and this is a missed opportunity.
As root
mkdir -p /srv/{src,build}
chown $USER:$GROUP /srv/{src,build}As $USER
cd /srv/src
wget http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/apps/financial/spreadsheet/sc-7.16.tar.gz
cd /srv/build
tar xvzf ../src/sc-7.16.tar.gz
cd sc-7.16
# You might read and change `Makefile` for your needs. Especially if you
# do not use Linux
make
gcc -DSYSV3 -O2 -pipe -DDFLT_PAGER=\"less\" -c abbrev.c
abbrev.c: In function ‘add_abbr’:
[...]
645 | (void) exit(0);
| ^~~~
qhelp.c:645:12: note: include ‘<stdlib.h>’ or provide a declaration of ‘exit’You can find the binary sc inside the current directory
As root
mkdir -p /srv/{src,build}
chown $USER:$GROUP /srv/{src,build}As $USER
cd /srv/src
wget https://github.com/n-t-roff/sc/archive/refs/tags/7.16_1.1.2.tar.gz
tar xvzf ../src/7.16_1.1.2.tar.gz
cd sc-7.16_1.1.2
./configure
Checking for make(1) ... yes
Checking for -ffloat-store ... yes
Checking for strlcpy(3) ... no
Checking for strlcat(3) ... no
Checking for -lncursesw ... yes (#include <ncursesw/curses.h>,\
-I/usr/include/ncurses6, -L/usr/lib64/ncurses6)
Checking for wins_wch(3) ... yes
Checking for keyname(3) ... yes
Checking for isfinite(3) ... yes
Checking for sc(1) attr_get(3) ... yes
make
cc -I/usr/include/ncurses6 -DHAVE_ATTR_T -DHAVE_ATTR_GET -DHAVE_FIXTERM\
-DHAVE_RESETTERM -DHAVE_NCURSESW_CURSES_H -DHAVE_CURSES_WCH\
-DHAVE_CURSES_KEYNAME -DHAVE_ISFINITE -DHAVE_STDBOOL_H\
-DDFLT_PAGER=\"less\" -c abbrev.c
Checking for <stdbool.h> ... yes
[...]
name=sc NAME=SC LIBDIR=/usr/local/share/sc sh torev sc.doc > sc.1
name=sc NAME=SC LIBDIR=/usr/local/share/sc sh torev psc.doc > psc.1
name=sc NAME=SC LIBDIR=/usr/local/share/sc sh torev scqref.doc > scqref.1
name=sc sh torev < xsc.sh > xsc
name=sc NAME=SC LIBDIR=/usr/local/share/sc sh torev xsc.doc > xsc.1You can find the binary sc inside the current directory
The package [sc] depends on:
aptitude install scThis will install 7.16-4.1.
| Debian | Version | |
|---|---|---|
| Sid | 7.16-4.1+b1 | |
| Trixie | 7.16-4.1 | |
| 12 | Bookwowrm | 7.16-4.1 |
| 11 | Bullseye | 7.16-4+b3 |
| 10 | Buster | 7.16-4+b3 |
As root
mkdir -p /srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1
chown $USER:$GROUP /srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1
aptitude install build-essential debhelper devscriptsAs User
cd /srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1
wget http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sc/sc_7.16.orig.tar.gz
wget http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sc/sc_7.16-4.1.debian.tar.xz
tar xvzf sc_7.16.orig.tar.gz
cd sc-7.16
tar xvJf ../sc_7.16-4.1.debian.tar.xz
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package sc
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 7.16-4.1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)\
<paulliu@debian.org>
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
dpkg-source --before-build .
dpkg-source: info: using patch list from debian/patches/series
dpkg-source: info: applying use_varadic_macro
dpkg-source: info: applying call_function_not_take_its_address
dpkg-source: info: applying Upstream-changes-from-old-versions
dpkg-source: info: applying function_definitions
dpkg-source: info: applying nonotimeout.patch
dpkg-source: info: applying hardening
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh clean
debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean
make[1]: Entering directory '/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16'
dh_auto_clean
make -j4 distclean
make[2]: Entering directory '/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16'
rm -f *.o *res.h y.tab.h sc psc debug core gram.c \
sc.1 sc.man psc.man psc.1 y.output scqref \
pxmalloc.c pvmtbl.c qhelp.c tags
make[2]: Leaving directory '/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16'
find . -name '*~' -exec rm {} \;
make[1]: Leaving directory '/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16'
dh_clean
dpkg-source -b .
dpkg-source: info: using source format '3.0 (quilt)'
dpkg-source: info: building sc using existing ./sc_7.16.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: using patch list from debian/patches/series
dpkg-source: info: building sc in sc_7.16-4.1.debian.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: building sc in sc_7.16-4.1.dsc
debian/rules build
dh build
dh_update_autotools_config
dh_autoreconf
dh_auto_configure
debian/rules override_dh_auto_build
make[1]: Entering directory '/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16'
dh_auto_build -- all sc.1 psc.1 CC=gcc CFLAGS="-Wall -DSYSV3 -ffloat-store -g\
-O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16=.\
-fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security"
make -j4 "INSTALL=install --strip-program=true" all sc.1 psc.1 CC=gcc\
"CFLAGS=-Wall -DSYSV3 -ffloat-store -g -O2\
-ffile-prefix-map=/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16=. -fstack-protector-strong\
-Wformat -Werror=format-security"
make[2]: Entering directory '/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16'
[...]
In file included from cmds.c:31:
cmds.c: In function ‘doend’:
cmds.c:1394:16: warning: zero-length gnu_printf format string\
[-Wformat-zero-length]
1394 | error (""); /* clear line */
|
[...]
# dh_auto_install
make[1]: Leaving directory '/srv/deb/pkg-sc-7.16-4.1/sc-7.16'
dh_install
dh_installdocs
dh_installchangelogs
dh_installman
dh_perl
dh_link
dh_strip_nondeterminism
dh_compress
dh_fixperms
dh_missing
dh_strip
dh_makeshlibs
dh_shlibdeps
dh_installdeb
dh_gencontrol
dh_md5sums
dh_builddeb
dpkg-deb: building package 'sc' in '../sc_7.16-4.1_amd64.deb'.
dpkg-deb: building package 'sc-dbgsym' in '../sc-dbgsym_7.16-4.1_amd64.deb'.
dpkg-genbuildinfo -O../sc_7.16-4.1_amd64.buildinfo
dpkg-genchanges -O../sc_7.16-4.1_amd64.changes
dpkg-genchanges: info: not including original source code in upload
dpkg-source --after-build .
dpkg-source: info: unapplying hardening
dpkg-source: info: unapplying nonotimeout.patch
dpkg-source: info: unapplying function_definitions
dpkg-source: info: unapplying Upstream-changes-from-old-versions
dpkg-source: info: unapplying call_function_not_take_its_address
dpkg-source: info: unapplying use_varadic_macro
dpkg-buildpackage: info: binary and diff upload (original source NOT included)As it can be seen by many warnings (mostly omitted in the above output), this is similar to sc-orig from 2002 and not the fixed version sc-ntroff from 2018. The package can be found ../sc_7.16-4.1_amd64.deb. Also a package ../sc-dbgsym_7.16-4.1_amd64.deb can be found.
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | 2024-02-01 | Initial release |