How To Install libgrib-api-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib-api-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgrib-api-doc
libgrib-api-doc is:
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.
This provides the documentation for the library.
ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
There are three methods to install libgrib-api-doc 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 libgrib-api-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgrib-api-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgrib-api-doc
Install libgrib-api-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgrib-api-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgrib-api-doc
Install libgrib-api-doc 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 libgrib-api-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgrib-api-doc
How To Uninstall libgrib-api-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgrib-api-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgrib-api-doc
Uninstall libgrib-api-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgrib-api-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgrib-api-doc
Remove libgrib-api-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libgrib-api-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgrib-api-doc
Remove libgrib-api-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgrib-api-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgrib-api-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib-api-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
