BC command not working in CYGWIN

Question

I have downloaded CygWin(32-bit) and installed (on Windows 7 32 bit System) today to run shell script but i found one problem that bc command isn\'

Answer 1

I believe that bc is not installed by default on Cygwin, and you will need to install it manually. This link might help you.

DISCLAIMER: I have never used Cygwin.

Answer 2

You need to select the bc package for installation from the "Select Packages" window.
By default setup installs only base category that is ~ 50 packages, while the full availability is ~ 4000.

https://cygwin.com/packages/x86/bc/bc-1.06.95-2

Answer 3

On Windows Cygwin, run setup.exe and search for "bc" in the "Math" category, click on it and hit Next to install.

On Unix/Linux you'll probably be needed to install this package Using:

sudo apt install bc