How To Install ncview on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncview on Debian 9.
What is ncview
ncview is:
You would use ncview to get a quick and easy, push-button look at your NetCDF files. You can view simple movies of the data, view along various dimensions, take a look at the actual data values, change color maps, invert the data and other simple visual operations.
There are three methods to install ncview on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ncview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ncview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncview
Install ncview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ncview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncview
Install ncview 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 ncview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncview
How To Uninstall ncview on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ncview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncview
Uninstall ncview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncview
Remove ncview Configurations and Data
To remove ncview configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncview
Remove ncview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncview
Dependencies
ncview have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncview package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
