How To Install libgrib-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. libgrib-api-tools is GRIB decoding/encoding software (utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgrib-api-tools

libgrib-api-tools 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 is a useful set of command line tools to give quick access to grib messages.

ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

There are three methods to install libgrib-api-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgrib-api-tools

Install libgrib-api-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrib-api-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgrib-api-tools

Install libgrib-api-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgrib-api-tools

How To Uninstall libgrib-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgrib-api-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgrib-api-tools

Uninstall libgrib-api-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgrib-api-tools 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-tools

Remove libgrib-api-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libgrib-api-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgrib-api-tools

Remove libgrib-api-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgrib-api-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgrib-api-tools

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Summary

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