On Sat 12 Sep 2020 at 07:41:19 (-0500), Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2020 12 Sep 02:06 -0500, Lone Learner wrote: > > POSIX.1-2001 Utilities[1] and POSIX.1-2008 Utilities[2] both list the > > commands "bc" and "ed" to be part of POSIX. > > > > Yet, in a brand new Debian installation (version 10 for example), > > these commands are missing by default: > > > > […] > > > > Why does Debian not include these commands by default? > > It's likely because the focus of the Debian Project is not that of > shipping a strict POSIX compliant system out of the box. > > > Of course, I can install them with "apt-get" and I did that. > > > > apt-get install bc ed > > I believe that 'apt' is preferred over "apt-get" these days. Simple > "apt" works well for me.
Some might prefer it for interactive use, but apt-get has a more stable command line interface, so is better for scripting when, say, installing all one's preferred packages on a new system. Cheers, David.
