How To Install wgrib on CentOS 8

wgrib is Manipulate, inventory and decode GRIB files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wgrib on CentOS 8.

What is wgrib

WGRIB is a program to manipulate, inventory and decode GRIB files.

We can use yum or dnf to install wgrib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wgrib.

Install wgrib on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install wgrib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wgrib

Install wgrib on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install wgrib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wgrib

How To Uninstall wgrib on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the wgrib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wgrib

wgrib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/wgrib
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/731b202feef5b67ba612b68005b0c912bf07af
/usr/share/doc/wgrib
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/Changes
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/double_prec.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/formats.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/formats_update.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/grib2ieee.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/land.grb
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/misc.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/porting.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/testbin.c
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/testbin.f
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/tricks.wgrib
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/usertables.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wgrib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.