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|Short description=Unit conversion and calculation program.
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|Full description='''Units''' is a unit conversion tool designed to help simplify the process of converting between different systems of units.
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|Full description='''GNU Units''' is a unit conversion tool designed to help simplify the process of converting between different systems of units.
  
 
The program converts quantities expressed in various systems of measurement to their equivalents in other systems of measurement. Like many similar programs, the units program can handle multiplicative scale changes. It can also handle nonlinear conversions such as Fahrenheit to Celsius, and it can perform conversions to and from sums of units, such as converting between feet plus inches and meters.
 
The program converts quantities expressed in various systems of measurement to their equivalents in other systems of measurement. Like many similar programs, the units program can handle multiplicative scale changes. It can also handle nonlinear conversions such as Fahrenheit to Celsius, and it can perform conversions to and from sums of units, such as converting between feet plus inches and meters.
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The units are defined in an extensive, well annotated data file that defines over 2500 units.  You can also provide your own file to supplement or replace the standard file.
 
The units are defined in an extensive, well annotated data file that defines over 2500 units.  You can also provide your own file to supplement or replace the standard file.
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/units/
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/units/
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/units-2.22.tar.gz
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
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|Computer languages=C
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|Documentation note=https://www.gnu.org/software/units/manual/
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|Documentation note=Documentation available in [[texinfo]], roff, and text format.  The man page is generated automatically from the texinfo documentation.
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'''Selection from the [https://shop.fsf.org/ FSF shop]'''
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[https://shop.fsf.org/books/free-freedom-20-richard-stallman Free as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman]
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|Related projects=Portable_Unit_Converter_(PUC)
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[https://shop.fsf.org/books-docs/introduction-command-line Introduction to the Command Line]
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'''[https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement]'''
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If you have corrections to this entry or questions about it, please contact: mailto:maintainers@gnu.org
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
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|Donate=https://my.fsf.org/donate/
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|Related projects=gnustandards
 
|Keywords=conversion,scales,quantities,multiplication,units,calculation
 
|Keywords=conversion,scales,quantities,multiplication,units,calculation
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|Version identifier=2.12
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|Version identifier=2.18.18
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|Version date=2015/10/14
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|Version date=2018/10/20
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/units-2.12.tar.gz
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|Last review by=Bendikker
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|Last review date=2019/01/19
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|Submitted by=Database conversion
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|Submitted date=2011/04/01
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|User level=none
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|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes
 
|Test entry=No
 
|Test entry=No
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|Last review by=Bendikker
 
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|Last review date=2018/04/13
 
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|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|GNU package identifier=units
 
|GNU package identifier=units
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|License verified date=2007-12-11
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|Decommissioned/Obsolete=No
 
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{{Project license
 
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|License copyright=Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999-2007, 2010-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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|License copyright=Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999-2007, 2010-2020, 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
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|License verified date=2022-10-04
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|Business=calculating
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|Interface=command-line, console
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|Programming-language=C
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|Runs-on=Windows, BSD, OS X, GNU/Linux
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|Prerequisite description=[[Readline]]
 
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|Email=adrianm@gnu.org
 
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|Real name=Jeff Conrad
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|Resource URL=https://pypi.org/project/units
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|Resource URL=https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/units/
 
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|VCS checkout command=git clone https://salsa.debian.org/debian/units.git
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|Computer languages=C
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|Version identifier=2.22
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Latest revision as of 07:12, 4 October 2022


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GNU Units

https://www.gnu.org/software/units/
Unit conversion and calculation program.

GNU Units is a unit conversion tool designed to help simplify the process of converting between different systems of units.

The program converts quantities expressed in various systems of measurement to their equivalents in other systems of measurement. Like many similar programs, the units program can handle multiplicative scale changes. It can also handle nonlinear conversions such as Fahrenheit to Celsius, and it can perform conversions to and from sums of units, such as converting between feet plus inches and meters.

Beyond simple unit conversions, units can be used as a general-purpose scientific calculator that keeps track of units in its calculations. You can form arbitrary complex mathematical expressions of dimensions including sums, products, quotients, powers, and even roots of dimensions. Thus you can ensure accuracy and dimensional consistency when working with long expressions that involve many different units that may combine in complex ways.

The units are defined in an extensive, well annotated data file that defines over 2500 units. You can also provide your own file to supplement or replace the standard file.

Heckert gnu.small.png This is a GNU package:units

Download

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/units-2.22.tar.gz

version 2.22 (stable)
released on 5 September 2022



OpenPGP signature URL: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/units-2.22.tar.gz.sig


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Leaders and contributors

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Adrian Mariano Maintainer
Jeff Conrad Maintainer


Resources and communication

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FTPDownloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/
FTPDownloadhttps://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/units/
FTPMailing Listhttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/units/
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/units
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3093305
SavannahDeveloperhttps://savannah.gnu.org/projects/units/


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