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Re: What happened to cal?

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On 9/26/21 8:37 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 01:24:59AM -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote:
>> I'm wondering if I'm mis-remembering here. As I recall, there used to be a
>> command called "cal" which would simply print this month's calendar to the
>> screen. It would do other calendars, depending on command line parameters.
>> Now that I've moved to bullseye, I don't see the command nor a package
>> containing it.
> unicorn:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
> 11.0
> unicorn:~$ type cal
> cal is hashed (/usr/bin/cal)
> unicorn:~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/cal
> ncal: /usr/bin/cal
> unicorn:~$ apt-cache show ncal | head -n14
> Package: ncal
> Source: bsdmainutils
> Version: 12.1.7+nmu3
> Installed-Size: 68
> Maintainer: Debian Bsdmainutils Team <pkg-bsdmainutils@teams.debian.net>
> Architecture: amd64
> Replaces: bsdmainutils (<< 12.1.3)
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
> Breaks: bsdmainutils (<< 12.1.3)
> Description-en: display a calendar and the date of Easter
>   This package contains the "ncal" program and the traditional "cal"
>   program, both are commonly found on BSD-style systems. This utility displays a
>   simple calendar in a traditional or an alternative and more advanced layout,
>   and the date of Easter.
>
>
> If you "moved to bullseye" by performing an upgrade, you should still
> have this command.  If you "moved" by wiping the system and installing
> bullseye from scratch, then I guess you just have to install the ncal
> package manually.
>
I did a fresh install, and apparently "ncal" wasn't installed by default.

Paul

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What happened to cal? "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2021-09-26 07:50 +0200
  Re: What happened to cal? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-09-26 07:50 +0200
    Re: What happened to cal? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-09-26 08:00 +0200
  Re: What happened to cal? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-09-26 09:00 +0200
    Re: What happened to cal? "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2021-09-26 19:20 +0200
  Re: What happened to cal? Charlie <taoquester@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 10:00 +0200
    Re: What happened to cal? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2021-09-26 12:10 +0200
  Re: What happened to cal? Dedeco Balaco <dedeco.balaco@yahoo.com> - 2021-09-26 14:20 +0200
    Re: What happened to cal? Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2021-09-26 14:50 +0200
    Re: What happened to cal? Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2021-09-26 14:50 +0200
      Re: What happened to cal? Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2021-09-26 18:10 +0200
  Re: What happened to cal? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-26 14:40 +0200
    Re: What happened to cal? "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2021-09-26 19:10 +0200
      Re: What happened to cal? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-26 19:20 +0200
        Re: What happened to cal? "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2021-09-27 04:40 +0200
          Re: What happened to cal? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-27 04:50 +0200
      Re: What happened to cal? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-26 20:10 +0200
  Re: What happened to cal? Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-09-27 10:00 +0200
    Re: What happened to cal? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-27 13:20 +0200
      Re: What happened to cal? Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-09-27 17:00 +0200
    Re: What happened to cal? "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2021-09-27 13:50 +0200

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