A calculator for Peppermint ICE

Thanks to Rich_Roast from the Peppermint OS forum for helping me to become aware of the built in calculator. I worked out the tutorial.

Peppermint One has Galculator installed by default, while ICE seems to have none. However, xcalc is installed. To run it,

click Menu > Run

and type in xcalc

press ENTER

If you want a shortcut to Xcalc in your accessories menu:

Open PCManFm

go to folder /usr/share/applications

click on Tools > Open current folder as root and enter your password.

run Leafpad, to do this click Menu > Accessories > Leafpad

type the following into the window:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=XCalc

Comment=Basic Calculator

Exec=xcalc

Icon=kcalc

Terminal=false

Type=Application

StartupNotify=false

Categories=Utility

save the file as xcalc.desktop to the desktop folder

right click the file, click on move

go back to PCManFm and click on Edit and then on Paste

You have now pasted the file to the /usr/share/applications folder and you have a shortcut to xcalc in Accessories. Note that we are "borrowing" the kcalc icon as xcalc does not have an icon in the file.

Alternatively (if you want to easier solution, and you have an Internet connection) you can install Galculator

Click on Menu

click Accessories

click Lxterminal

type in: sudo apt-get galculator

type in your root password and press ENTER

you now have Galculator added to your Accessories menu.

For a different approach try Speedcrunch, it is very suitable as a financial calculator. It's great to have options.