How To Install libmetkit-utils on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetkit-utils on Debian 11.
What is libmetkit-utils
libmetkit-utils is:
MetKit is a toolkit from ECMWF for manipulating and describing meteorological objects, implementing the MARS language and associated processing and semantics.
This package contains the tool ‘parse-mars-request’
There are three methods to install libmetkit-utils on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmetkit-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetkit-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmetkit-utils
Install libmetkit-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetkit-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmetkit-utils
Install libmetkit-utils 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetkit-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmetkit-utils
How To Uninstall libmetkit-utils on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libmetkit-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmetkit-utils
Uninstall libmetkit-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmetkit-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetkit-utils
Remove libmetkit-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libmetkit-utils configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmetkit-utils
Remove libmetkit-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmetkit-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetkit-utils
Dependencies
libmetkit-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetkit-utils package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
