How To Install ncview on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncview in Fedora 36. ncview is A visual browser for netCDF format files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncview on Fedora 36.

What is `ncview`

Ncview is a visual browser for netCDF format files. Typically 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, etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install ncview on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncview.

Install ncview on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ncview

Install ncview on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ncview

How To Uninstall ncview on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ncview

ncview Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ncview
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/718b87ce577418c355bcc3b2533b35832a3bc7
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Ncview
/usr/share/doc/ncview
/usr/share/doc/ncview/README
/usr/share/licenses/ncview
/usr/share/licenses/ncview/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ncview.1.gz
/usr/share/ncview
/usr/share/ncview/3gauss.ncmap
/usr/share/ncview/3saw.ncmap
/usr/share/ncview/bw.ncmap
/usr/share/ncview/default.ncmap
/usr/share/ncview/detail.ncmap
/usr/share/ncview/hotres.ncmap

References

ncview website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncview on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).