How To Install libemos-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemos-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. libemos-bin is ECMWF Interpolation Library - binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemos-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libemos-bin

libemos-bin is:

The Interpolation library (EMOSLIB) includes Interpolation software and GRIB, BUFR, CREX encoding/decoding routines. It is used by the ECMWF meteorological archival and retrieval system (MARS) and also by the ECMWF graphics package MetView.

This package provide bufr-* and other tools

There are three methods to install libemos-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libemos-bin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libemos-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libemos-bin

Install libemos-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libemos-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libemos-bin

Install libemos-bin 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 libemos-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libemos-bin

How To Uninstall libemos-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libemos-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libemos-bin

Uninstall libemos-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libemos-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libemos-bin

Remove libemos-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libemos-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libemos-bin

Remove libemos-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libemos-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libemos-bin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemos-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.