ConvertAll: The most complete unit converter for Linux

We have all had the need to know the equivalent of the various units of measurement regardless of whether they are related or not.Some have not wanted to know how many pounds a kilo equals?, because for all of them there are different Unit converter in the market that provide us with calculations, one of them is ConvertAll.

What is the ConvertAll unit converter?

It's a Unit converter de open source, developed in Python, That allow us know what is the equivalent of one measure in another that we want. The biggest advantage of the tool is that allows to make combinations of units of measure of all kinds, so you could easily convert from meters to pounds or nautical miles to cubic, without any problem.

The tool has its origins at the beginning of the century and has been constantly updated to date, with version 0.7.2 being available that came out in February of this year.

Its use as well as its interface is quite simple, just type the name of the source unit (that is filtering while we are writing) and repeat the same with the destination unit, finally we choose the amount to convert and it will automatically give us its equivalent. Simple, practical and efficient.

ConvertAll Features

A large list of ConvertAll features have been recently updated, so we dare to quote it below:

• It allows the conversion of various units, allowing the choice of each unit from a list or searching for it in a list that allows autocompletion.
• When you type a unit, the list of units is automatically filtered to show only the units with the corresponding words.
• In general, the full name of a unit or its abbreviation can be used.
• Units can be combined with the "*" and "/" operators.
• Units can be raised to powers (squared, cubed, etc.) with the "^" operator.
• Units in the denominator can be grouped with parentheses.
• You can also convert units with non-linear scales, such as temperature.
• Recently used unit combinations can be collected in a menu.
• Numbers can be entered on the 'From' or 'To' unit side, for conversions in both directions.
• Basic mathematical expressions can be entered in place of numbers.
• The options control the format of the numeric results.
• Support for more than 500 units.
• The drive data file format makes it easy to add additional drives.
• Command line options are available to convert without the GUI.
• The user interface and data for the unit are available in English, French, German, Russian and Spanish.
• Free and open source.

How to install ConvertAll

To install this advanced unit converter we must follow the following steps:

• Have Python (Version 3.4 or higher), Qt (Version 5.4 or higher) and PyQt (Version 5.4 or higher) installed.
• Download the latest version of ConvertAll from here..
• Open a terminal, go to the directory where the ConvertAll file was downloaded and execute the following commands:

tar -xzvf convertall-0.7.2.tar.gz - replace with the filename cd convertall-0.7.2 sudo python install.py

With these simple steps we can use the tool and start converting in the units we want. Undoubtedly, it is in small applications where we often get better solutions to problems.