How To Install ecbuild on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecbuild on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ecbuild
ecbuild is:
This is a toolkit from ECMWF extend CMAKE with macros used at ECMWF.
ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
There are three methods to install ecbuild on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ecbuild Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ecbuild using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecbuild
Install ecbuild Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecbuild using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecbuild
Install ecbuild 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ecbuild using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecbuild
How To Uninstall ecbuild on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ecbuild package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecbuild
Uninstall ecbuild And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecbuild and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecbuild
Remove ecbuild Configurations and Data
To remove ecbuild configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecbuild
Remove ecbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecbuild configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecbuild
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecbuild package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.