How To Install python3-gribapi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gribapi on Debian 9.
What is python3-gribapi
python3-gribapi is:
The ECMWF GRIB API is an application program interface accessible from C and FORTRAN programs developed for encoding and decoding WMO FM-92 GRIB edition 1 and edition 2 messages.
This is a Python3 wrapper for the GRIB API library.
ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
There are three methods to install python3-gribapi 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 python3-gribapi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-gribapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-gribapi
Install python3-gribapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-gribapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-gribapi
Install python3-gribapi 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 python3-gribapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-gribapi
How To Uninstall python3-gribapi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-gribapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-gribapi
Uninstall python3-gribapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-gribapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gribapi
Remove python3-gribapi Configurations and Data
To remove python3-gribapi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gribapi
Remove python3-gribapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-gribapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gribapi
Dependencies
python3-gribapi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gribapi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
