How To Install grib_api on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grib_api on CentOS 7.
What is grib_api
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. A useful set of command line tools is also provided to give quick access to grib messages.
We can use yum or dnf to install grib_api on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install grib_api.
Install grib_api on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install grib_api using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install grib_api
Install grib_api on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install grib_api using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install grib_api
How To Uninstall grib_api on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the grib_api package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove grib_api
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grib_api on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.