How To Install libeccodes-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeccodes-tools
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libeccodes-tools
libeccodes-tools is:
ecCodes is the ECMWF encoding/decoding software for GRIB and BUFR.
This is a useful set of command line tools to give quick access to grib messages.
ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
There are three methods to install libeccodes-tools
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libeccodes-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libeccodes-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libeccodes-tools
Install libeccodes-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libeccodes-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libeccodes-tools
Install libeccodes-tools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libeccodes-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libeccodes-tools
How To Uninstall libeccodes-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libeccodes-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libeccodes-tools
Uninstall libeccodes-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libeccodes-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeccodes-tools
Remove libeccodes-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libeccodes-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libeccodes-tools
Remove libeccodes-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libeccodes-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeccodes-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeccodes-tools
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.